The siemens virtual wedge

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-41

  McGhee, Peter ^a,b   Chu, Terry ^a   Leszczynski, Konrad ^a   Dunscombe, Peter ^a  

^a NE Ontario Regional Cancer Centre ^*  (Canada)

^b THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic wedge; Treatment planning; Virtual wedge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0030938885     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(96)00155-0     Document Type: Article

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