Evaluation of the accuracy of the CyberKnife

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2024-2027

  Jang, Jisun ^a,d   Kang, Young Nam ^a   Choi, Byung Ock ^a   Choi, Ihl Bohng ^a   Kim, Moon Chan ^a   Shin, Dong Oh ^b   Shin, Dongho ^c   Cho, Kwang Hwan ^d   Min, Chul Kee ^d   Kwon, Soo Il ^d  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accuracy; CyberKnife; Output factor; Target localization

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; CYBERKNIFE; DEGREE OF PRECISION; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; OUTPUT FACTORS; TARGET IDENTIFICATION; TARGET LOCALIZATION;

PHANTOMS;

EID: 84894226574     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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