Evaluation of stereotactic radiosurgery conformity indices for 170 target volumes in patients with brain metastases

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-253

  Stanley, Julia ^a   Breitman, Karen ^a   Dunscombe, Peter ^a   Spencer, David P ^a   Lau, Harold ^a  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conformity index; Plan quality; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960496129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i2.3449     Document Type: Article

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