Control of brain metastases using frameless image-guided radiosurgery

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Joseph C T ^a   Bugoci, Darlene M ^a   Girvigian, Michael R ^a   Miller, Michael J ^a   Arellano, Alonso ^a   Rahimian, Javad ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Image guidance; Linear accelerator; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEURONAVIGATION; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEURONAVIGATION; RADIOSURGERY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 73349118784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.FOCUS09131     Document Type: Review

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