The single-isocentre treatment of head and neck cancer: Time gain using MLC and automatic set-up

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-241

  De Meerleer, G O ^a   Vakaet, L A M L ^a   Bate, M T ^a   De Wagter, C ^a   De Naeyer, B ^a   De Neve, W J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Multileaf collimator; Radiation therapy; Time gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033133434     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(99)80057-2     Document Type: Article

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