International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 1027-1032 , 15 July 2009

Development of Dose–Volume Relation Model for Gamma Knife Surgery of Non-Skull Base Intracranial Meningiomas

  • Hyun-Tai Chung, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Dong Gyu Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dong Gyu Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yeongeon-dong Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744 Korea. Tel: (+82) 22-072-2350; Fax: (+82) 2744-8459
    • ,
  • Sun Ha Paek, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Hee-Won Jung, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received 12 May 2008 ,Revised 1 September 2008 ,Accepted 5 September 2008.

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 Supported in part by the Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Study No. M20704000057-08M0400-05712).

 Preliminary results presented at the 13th International Meeting of the Leksell Gamma Knife Society, Seoul, Korea, May 2006.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)03430-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.007

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 1027-1032 , 15 July 2009

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