Quality assurance of intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-228

  Low, Daniel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036311362     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/srao.2002.33700     Document Type: Article

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