Fractionated gamma knife radiosurgery for optic nerve tumors: A technical report;Optik sinir tümörlerinde fraksiyone gamma knife radyocerrahi: Teknik not

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-246

  Kurt, Gokhan ^a   Tonge, Mehmet ^a   Börcek, Alp Ozgun ^a   Karahacioglu, Eray ^a   Gurel, Ozgur ^a   Baykaner, Kemali ^a   Ceviker, Necdet ^a   Aykol, Şiukru ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Gamma knife radiosurgery; Linear quadratic model; Optic nerve tumors; Stereotactic techniques

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77953856500     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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