How can the co-ordinate transformation method of beam matching be extended to include separately labelled collimators?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Morgan Fletcher, Sally ^a   McKenzie, Alan L ^a  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co ordinate transformation; Collimators; Matching beams; Radiation beams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029873798     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(95)01700-3     Document Type: Article

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