Hyperthermia treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Lagendijk, J J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOPHYSICS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; NEOPLASMS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034083356     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/201     Document Type: Review

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