Commissioning the Varian Enhanced Dynamic Wedge using the RAHD Treatment Planning System

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-229

  Gibbs, Greg ^a   Leavitt, Dennis D ^b  

^a CAMP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced dynamic wedge; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION FIELD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030774043     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(97)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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