Computer-controlled radiation therapy and multileaf collimation

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1996, Pages 123-138

  Mohan, Radhe ^a   Lovelock, Michael ^a   Mageras, Gikas ^a   LoSasso, Thomas ^a   Chui, Chen ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0029704202     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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