Impact of collimator leaf width and treatment technique on stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy plans for intra- and extracranial lesions

BACKGROUND: This study evaluated the dosimetric impact of various treatment techniques as well as collimator leaf width (2.5 vs 5 mm) for three groups of tumors – spine tumors, brain tumors abutting the brainstem, and liver tumors. These lesions often present challenges in maximizing dose to target...

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Autores principales: Wu, Q Jackie, Wang, Zhiheng, Kirkpatrick, John P, Chang, Zheng, Meyer, Jeffrey J, Lu, Mei, Huntzinger, Calvin, Yin, Fang-Fang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19159471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-4-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19159471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-4-3

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