The relation between various conformity indices and the influence of the target coverage difference in prescription isodose surface on these values in intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1014, 2012, Pages

  Ohtakara, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Hayashi, S ^a,b   Hoshi, H ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CONFORMITY INDEX; DYNAMIC CONFORMAL ARC; ISODOSE SURFACE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 84861852395     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/36606138     Document Type: Article

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