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Immobilization in stereotactic radiotherapy: the head and neck localizer frame

Fairclough-Tompa et al., 2001

Document ID
14917500333362578
Author
Fairclough-Tompa L
Larsen T
Jaywant S
Publication year
Publication venue
Medical Dosimetry

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Stereotactic radiotherapy refers to multiple daily fractions of radiation, over days or weeks of treatment, with the patient in a relocatable stereotactic frame. The linear accelerator-based, couch-mounted system from Radionics utilizes the Gill-Thomas-Cosman (GTC) frame and …
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