title: Fractionated radiotherapy techniques.
abstract: A convergence of advances in patient immobilization and localization, patient imaging, beam shaping and delivery, and treatment planning has led to considerable improvement in the ability to deliver highly conformal radiation treatments by radiosurgical or fractionated radiotherapy techniques. The selection of the "best" treatment technique for any given patient needs to consider the morphology of the target and regional organs at risk as well as available technology and institutional expertise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, Suite 2, London, Ontario N6A 5B8, Canada.
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bauman
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McDermott
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D011853:Radiobiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D012149:Restraint, Physical