Relocatable fixation systems in intracranial stereotactic radiotherapy: Accuracy of serial CT scans and patient acceptance in a randomized design

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-90

  Theelen, A ^a   Martens, J ^a   Bosmans, G ^a   Houben, R ^a   Jager, J J ^a   Rutten, I ^a   Lambin, P ^a   Minken, A W ^a,b   Baumert, B G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Radiotherapeutic Institute Stedendriehoek en Omstreken   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bite block; Brain tumors; Reproducibility; Serial CT; Stereotactic intracranial radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRACRANIAL STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; MENINGIOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELOCATABLE FIXATION SYSTEM;

ADENOMA; ARTIFACTS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NETHERLANDS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856318489     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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