Comparative analysis between 5 mm and 7.5 mm collimators in CyberKnife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 120-124

  Sudahar, H ^a   Kurup, P G G ^a   Murali, V ^a   Velmurugan, J ^b  

^a APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Collimators; CyberKnife; stereotactic radiosurgery; trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COLLIMATOR; CYBERKNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PARAMETERS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 84883420427     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.116364     Document Type: Article

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