Extraretinal induced visual sensations during IMRT of the brain.

We observed visual sensations (VSs) in patients undergoing intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of the brain without the beam passing through ocular structures. We analyzed this phenomenon especially with regards to reproducibility, and origin.Analyzed were ten consecutive patients (aged 41-71 ye...

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Main Authors: Timo Wilhelm-Buchstab, Barbara Myrthe Buchstab, Christina Leitzen, Stephan Garbe, Thomas Müdder, Susanne Oberste-Beulmann, Alois Martin Sprinkart, Birgit Simon, Michael Nelles, Wolfgang Block, Felix Schoroth, Hans Heinz Schild, Heinrich Schüller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4398354?pdf=render