Apparatus dependence of normal brain tissue dose in stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1580-1584

  Ma, Lijun ^a   Petti, Paula ^b   Wang, Brian ^c   Descovich, Martina ^a   Chuang, Cynthia ^a   Barani, Igor J ^a   Kunwar, Sandeep ^b   Shrieve, Dennis C ^c   Sahgal, Arjun ^d   Larson, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Washington Fremont Hospital Gamma Knife Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; CyberKnife; Gamma knife; Novalis; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYBERKNIFE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOVALIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 79957996026     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.JNS101056     Document Type: Article

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