Implementation of the varian EDW into a commercial RTP system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1691-1704

  Beavis, A W ^a   Weston, S J ^a   Whitton, V J ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029840312     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/9/009     Document Type: Article

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