PC-based gamma knife radiosurgery dose calculation.

The PC-based dose-calculation system designed for gamma knife radiosurgery introduced in this article delivers desired accuracy and is equipped with a friendly graphical user interface to allow foolproof operations. With the ongoing advancement in PC technology, the performance/cost ratio is expecte...

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Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 22, 5 (2003).
Main Author:	Tseng, Y.J
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	PC-based dose-calculation system. Computation complexity. Friendly graphical user interface. Gamma knife radiosurgery. Irregularly shaped skull phantom. Isodose distribution. Low-cost system. Performance-cost ratio. Single-shot irradiation. Spherically shaped skull phantom. Three-dimensional volume of interest. Treatment planning. Treatment throughput.