Polymer gel in rat skull to assess the accuracy of a new rat stereotactic device for use with the Gamma Knife

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-683

  Charest, Gabriel ^a,b   Mathieu, David ^a   Lepage, Martin ^a   Fortin, David ^a   Paquette, Benoit ^a,b   Sanche, Léon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gamma Knife; Polymer gel; Radiosurgery; Rat; Stereotactic frame

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKULL IRRADIATION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

EID: 67650397921     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0298-1     Document Type: Article

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