Whole-body dose from tomotherapy delivery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 229-232

  Mutic, Sasa ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Tomotherapy; Whole body dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

HEAD; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0031720382     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00199-0     Document Type: Article

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