Quality assurance of an image guided intracranial stereotactic positioning system

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Soisson, Emilie T ^a   Sobering, Geoff ^b   Lucas, Daniel ^b   Chao, Edward ^b   Olivera, Gustavo ^a,b   Tomé, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial localization; MVCT; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICS; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOTHERAPY;

EID: 60849121419     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460900800106     Document Type: Article

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