Dosimetric verification of open asymmetric photon fields calculated with a treatment planning system based on dose-to-energy-fluence concepts

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1277-1290

  Hurkmans, Coen ^a   Knöös, Tommy ^a   Nilsson, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0029902094     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/8/003     Document Type: Article

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