Accuracy of numerically produced compensators

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Thompson, H ^a   Evans, M D C ^a   Fallone, B G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CNC mill; Compensators; Intensity modulated beams; Inverse treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FILTRATION; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0033000694     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(98)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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