Intensity-modulated radiation therapy with dynamic multileaf collimators

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-59

  Boyer, A L ^a   Yu, C X ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032972221     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4296(99)80054-X     Document Type: Article

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