Electron wedges for radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 233-243

  Lief, Eugene P ^a   Lo, Yeh Chi ^a   Humm, John L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Conformal therapy; Electron beam therapy; High energy electrons; Intensity modulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PHYSICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0031963156     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00565-8     Document Type: Article

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