A clinical comparison of patient setup and intra-fraction motion using frame-based radiosurgery versus a frameless image-guided radiosurgery system for intracranial lesions

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Ramakrishna, Naren ^a   Rosca, Florin ^a   Friesen, Scott ^a   Tezcanli, Evrim ^a   Zygmanszki, Piotr ^a   Hacker, Fred ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Frameless; Image guided; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASK; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; X RAY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950338949     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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