Configuration options for intensity-modulated radiation therapy using multiple static fields shaped by a multileaf collimator. II: Constraints and limitations on 2D modulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1481-1495

  Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0031807849     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/6/008     Document Type: Article

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