Practical implementation of compensators in breast radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-265

  Evans, Philip M ^a   Donovan, Ellen M ^a   Fenton, Natalie ^a   Hansen, Vibeke N ^a   Moore, Ian ^a   Partridge, Michael ^a   Reise, Stephanie ^a   Suter, Bridget ^a   Symonds Tayler, J Richard N ^a   Yarnold, John R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Electronic portal imaging; Intensity modulated beams; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032443658     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00126-1     Document Type: Article

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