Defining our goals: Volume and dose specification for 3-D conformal radiation therapy

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1996, Pages 24-30

  Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW;

GOALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029704201     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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