Dosimetric comparison of Gamma Knife® Icon

Matthew E Schelin, Haisong Liu, Ayesha Ali, Wenyin Shi, Yan Yu, Karen E Mooney

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Article in Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

3citing papers in PubMed

0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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Fractionated Gamma Knife Radiation for Papillary Tumor of the Pineal Region: A Case Report and Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2026
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Dosimetric comparison of gamma knife and linear accelerator (VMAT and IMRT) plans of SBRT of Lung tumours.Scientific reports · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew E SchelinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Bodine Center for Radiation Therapy, 111 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Haisong LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Bodine Center for Radiation Therapy, 111 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Ayesha AliDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Bodine Center for Radiation Therapy, 111 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Wenyin ShiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Bodine Center for Radiation Therapy, 111 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Yan YuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Bodine Center for Radiation Therapy, 111 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Karen E MooneyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Bodine Center for Radiation Therapy, 111 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our objective is to investigate dosimetric differences between clinically deliverable Gamma Knife

Indexed as

fractionated stereotactic radiotherapyGamma Knife Iconglioblastomarecurrence

Identifiers

PMID33898087

PMCPMC8055238

OpenAlexW3158133547

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