Dose conformation in IMRT for head and neck tumors: Which solution to apply?

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 32-36

  De Neve, Wilfried ^a   Duthoy, W ^a   Claus, F ^a   De Gersem, W ^a   Coghe, M ^a   De Meerleer, G ^a   De Wagter, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Head and neck tumors; Intensity modulation; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036868385     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1278-3218(02)00216-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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