Liquid ionization chamber calibrated gel dosimetry in conformal stereotactic radiotherapy of brain lesions

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1099-1109

  Björeland, Anders ^a   Lindvall, Peter ^b   Karlsson, Anna ^c   Gustavsson, Helen ^c   Åj Bäck, Sven ^c   Karlsson, Mikael ^b   Bergenheim, Tommy A ^b  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALIBRATION; GELS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 51149090403     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860801888781     Document Type: Article

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