Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 134-141 , Summer 2007

Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery Using a Specially Designed High-Dose-Rate Linac

  • John E. Bayouth, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: John E. Bayouth, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242.
    • ,
  • Heather S. Kaiser, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
    • ,
  • Mark C. Smith, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
    • ,
  • Edward C. Pennington, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
    • ,
  • Kathleen M. Anderson, C.M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
    • ,
  • Timothy C. Ryken, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
    • ,
  • John M. Buatti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

,Accepted 11 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.01.010

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 134-141 , Summer 2007

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