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. 2019;6(3):247-249.

Development of a standardized method for radiation therapy contouring of the piriform cortex

Shearwood McClelland  1 , Gordon A Watson  1
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Development of a standardized method for radiation therapy contouring of the piriform cortex

Shearwood McClelland et al. J Radiosurg SBRT. 2019.
No abstract available

Keywords: Gamma Knife; Piriform cortex; linear accelerator; medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy; radiation therapy contouring; stereotactic radiosurgery.

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Figure 1
Contour from fused noncontrast head CT/T1-weighted brain MRI for simulated linear accelerator stereotactic radiosurgery demonstrating the right piriform cortex on axial, sagittal and coronal images.
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