Vagus nerve stimulator stability and interference on radiation oncology x-ray beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Gossman, Michael S ^a,b   Ketkar, Amruta ^c   Liu, Arthur K ^d   Olin, Bryan ^c  

^a Tri State Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b Regulation Directive Medical Physics LLC   (United States)

^c Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; DEVICE MODELS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE EFFECTS; HIGH ENERGY; INCIDENT RADIATION; NEUTRON EFFECTS; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PULSE GENERATION; RADIATION INTERFERENCE; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VAGUS NERVE; X RAY BEAM; X RAY RADIATION;

PULSE GENERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ARTIFACTS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; X-RAY THERAPY;

EID: 84867282038     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/20/N365     Document Type: Article

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