The Gray Lecture 2001: Coming technical advances in radiation oncology

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 798-809

  Suit, Herman ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advances; Protons; Radiation technology

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

PROTON THERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0037100150     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02851-1     Document Type: Article

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