Stereotactic targeting and dose verification for age-related macular degeneration

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 600-606

  Gertner, Michael ^a   Chell, Erik ^a   Pan, Kuang Hung ^a   Hansen, Steve ^a   Kaiser, Peter K ^b   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^c  

^a Oraya Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneraton; Radiation therapy; Stereotactic; X ray

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; NEEDLES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

AGE-RELATED; AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; DOSE VERIFICATION; IMMOBILIZATION DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STEREOTACTIC; TARGETING ACCURACY; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

X RAYS;

EID: 75749128302     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3291648     Document Type: Article

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