A new miniature x-ray source for interstitial radiosurgery: Device description

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-52

  Dinsmore, M ^a   Harte, K J ^a   Sliski, A P ^a   Smith, D O ^a   Nomikos, P M ^a   Dalterio, M J ^a   Boom, A J ^a   Leonard, W F ^a   Oettinger, P E ^a   Yanch, J C ^a,b  

^a Photoelectron Corporation   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

interstitial radiosurgery; stereotactic radiosurgery; x ray source

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOURCES; PROBES; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY APPARATUS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG SPECTRUM; DEVICE DESCRIPTION; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRONICS; LOW ENERGY X RAYS; NEEDLE-LIKE PROBE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; X-RAY SOURCES;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRONICS; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; X RAY;

EID: 9044243408     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597790     Document Type: Article

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