A simple and effective method for validation and measurement of collimator output factors for Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion™

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3897-3907

  Ma, Lijun ^a   Kjäll, Per ^b   Novotny Jr , Josef ^c   Nordström, Hkan ^b   Johansson, Jonas ^b   Verhey, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION CURVES; DEFAULT VALUES; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; OUTPUT FACTORS; SIMPLE METHOD; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70149096001     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/12/019     Document Type: Article

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