Potential clinical efficacy of intensity-modulated conformal therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 483-495

  Meeks, Sanford L ^a,b   Buatti, John M ^a   Bova, Francis J ^a   Friedman, William A ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a   Zlotecki, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted radiotherapy planning; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE SIMULATION; DOSE CALCULATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032518594     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00819-5     Document Type: Article

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