Fluence-modulated radiotherapy with an optimization-integrated sequencer;Fluenzmodulierte strahlentherapie mit in die optimierung integrierter segmentierung

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-15

  Bär, Werner ^a   Alber, Markus ^a   Nüsslin, Fridtjof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Leaf sequencing; Multileaf collimator

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037241457     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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