Optimization of 3-D conformal radiation treatment plans

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1996, Pages 86-103

  Mohan, Radhe ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Jackson, Andrew ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM;

EID: 0029704287     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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