The accuracy of frameless stereotactic intracranial radiosurgery

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 390-394

  Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a   Lagerwaard, Frank J ^a   Verduin, Arjan J E ^a   Heukelom, Stan ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Cuijpers, Johan P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frameless stereotactic radiosurgery; Hidden target test; Intrafraction motion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRAMELESS STEREOTACTIC INTRACRANIAL RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOM ERROR; ROBOTICS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 78651500696     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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