Functional stereotactic radiosurgery involving a dedicated linear accelerator and gamma unit: A comparison study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages 373-380

  Solberg, Timothy D ^a   Goetsch, Steven J ^a   Selch, Michael T ^a   Melega, William ^a   Lacan, Goran ^a   DeSalles, Antonio A F ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*

Author keywords

Comparison study; Gamma knife; Linear accelerator; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; GAMMA KNIFE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROTATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 7244258875     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.supplement_3.0373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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