The CyberKnife® robotic radiosurgery system in 2010

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 433-452

  Kilby, W ^a   Dooley, J R ^a   Kuduvalli, G ^a   Sayeh, S ^a   Maurer, C R ^a  

^a ACCURAY INCORPORATED   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife system; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYBERKNIFE; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; X RAY; ALGORITHM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78049307492     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303461000900502     Document Type: Review

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