Adaptive radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-132

  Yan, Di ^a   Vicini, Frank ^a   Wong, John ^a   Martinez, Alvaro ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031018146     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/1/008     Document Type: Article

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