Modulated electron beams using multi-segmented multileaf collimation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-311

  Klein, Eric E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Electrons; Intensity modulation; MLC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RADIATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS;

ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0031762438     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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