Specification of dose delivery in radiation therapy

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 10, 1997, Pages 1-32

  Aaltonen, P ^a   Brahme, A ^a   Lax, I ^a   Levernes, S ^a   Naslund I ^a   Reitan, J B ^a   Turesson, I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POSTURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0031417738     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.1997.11835454     Document Type: Article

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