New compensator design options for charged-particle radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1289-1300

  Petti, Paula L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TARGET ORGAN;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030875632     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/7/005     Document Type: Article

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