3-D radiation treatment planning: A new era

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-16

  Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029716223     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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