X-ray leakage considerations for IMRT

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 877, 2001, Pages 98-100

  Williams, P C ^a   Hounsell, A R ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LETTER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MODULATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035138590     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.74.877.740098     Document Type: Letter

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