Effect of skull contours on dose calculations in Gamma Knife Perfexion stereotactic radiosurgery

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 28-38

  Nakazawa, Hisato ^a,b   Komori, Masataka ^a   Mori, Yoshimasa ^c   Hagiwara, Masahiro ^b   Shibamoto, Yuta ^c   Tsugawa, Takahiko ^b   Hashizume, Chisa ^b   Kobayashi, Tatsuya ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kaikoukai Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Gamma knife; Outer contouring; Skull measurements; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896328765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v15i2.4603     Document Type: Article

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