Investigation of intracranial peripheral dose arising from the treatment of large lesions with Leksell GammaKnife Perfexion

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2069-2073

  Ruschin, Mark ^a   Nordström, Hkan ^b   Kjäll, Per ^b   Cho, Young Bin ^c   Jaffray, David ^c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Gafchromic film; Gamma knife; Perfexion; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION;

ELEVATION ANGLE; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; GAMMA KNIFE; IRRADIATION TIME; PERFEXION; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; STEREOTACTIC; TREATMENT PLANS;

SPHERES;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN RADIATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PHANTOM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL BASE; SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 66449109970     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3125133     Document Type: Article

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