A frameless stereotactic radiosurgery system: Utilization of a mobile CT, mask immobilization and micro-multileaf collimators

International Congress Series

Volumn 1247, Issue C, 2002, Pages 553-560

  Kubota, Toshihiko ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Ishii, Hisamasa ^a   Sato, Kazufumi ^a   Handa, Yuji ^a   Yoshida, Masanori ^a   Ito, Harumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Micro multileaf collimator; Mobile CT; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873546987     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(02)01166-4     Document Type: Article

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