Dosimetric effects of embolization material artefacts in arteriovenous malformations stereotactic radiosurgery on treatment planning calculation

Background and Purpose: Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) is a specialized radiotherapy treatment technique for Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM) in which Computed Tomography (CT) images are used for dose calculations. The purpose of this study was to investigate CT image distortions caused by embolic...

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Main Authors: Abousaleh Elawadi, Mukhtar Alshanqity, Hussain AlHussain, Reham Mohamed, Yasser Orz, Sultan Alqahtani, Sayel Melheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631622000628