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Is it beneficial to use apertures in proton radiosurgery with a scanning beam? A dosimetric comparison in neurinoma and meningioma patients

PURPOSE: To assess the dosimetric advantages of apertures in intracranial single fraction proton radiosurgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Six neuroma and 10 meningioma patients were investigated. For each patient, six plans were computed, with two spot spacing and three aperture settings (no apertures,...

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Autores principales: Righetto, Roberto, Fellin, Francesco, Scartoni, Daniele, Amichetti, Maurizio, Schwarz, Marco, Amelio, Dante, Farace, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8833271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34751499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13459