Initial experience with the eXtend System: A relocatable frame system for multiple-session Gamma Knife radiosurgery

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 665-672

  Sayer, Faisal T ^a   Sherman, Jonathan H ^a   Yen, Chun Po ^a   Schlesinger, David J ^a,b   Kersh, Ronald ^b,c   Sheehan, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Riverside Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

eXtend System; Gamma Knife; Radiosurgery; Relocatable frame

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; VACUUM;

CALIBRATION; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOSURGERY; SOFTWARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959763982     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.12.051     Document Type: Review

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