Target and peripheral dose during patient repositioning with the Gamma Knife automatic positioning system (APS) device

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-98

  Tran, Tuan Anh ^a   Stanley, Thomas ^a,b   Malhotra, Harish K ^a,b   deBoer, Steven F ^a,b   Prasad, Dheerendra ^a   Podgorsak, Matthew B ^a,b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic positioning system; Dose distribution; Leksell gamma knife; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954303933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i1.3150     Document Type: Article

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