A two-step optimization method for improving multiple brain lesion treatments with robotic radiosurgery

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-338

  Ma, L ^a   Sahgal, A ^b   Hwang, A ^a   Hu, W ^c   Descovich, M ^a   Chuang, C ^a   Barani, I ^a   Sneed, P K ^a   Mcdermott, M ^a   Larson, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Cyberknife; Multiple metastases; Optimization; Radiosurgery; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; ROBOTICS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 80053224553     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7785/tcrt.2012.500210     Document Type: Article

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