Intracranial radiosurgery in the Netherlands. A planning comparison of available systems with regard to physical aspects and workload

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-289

  Schoonbeek, A ^a   Monshouwer, R ^a   Hanssens, P ^b   Raaijmakers, E ^b   Nowak, P ^c   Marijnissen, J P A ^c   Lagerwaard, F J ^d   Cuijpers, J P ^d   Vonk, E J A ^e   Van Der Maazen, R W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Stedendriehoek en Omstreken   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IGRT; Intracranial stereotactic radiotherapy; Radiosurgery; Treatment plan evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYBERKNIFE; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NETHERLANDS; NOVALIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953248888     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303461000900307     Document Type: Article

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