Design optimization of intraoperative radiotherapy cones

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1446-1457

  Bernard, Damian ^a   Chu, James C H ^a   Rozenfeld, Martin ^a   Lanzl, Lawrence H ^a   Pagnamenta, Antonio ^b   Saxena, Amod ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

IORT; Monte Carlo; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

TREATMENT VOLUMES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS;

EID: 0037376462     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04489-9     Document Type: Article

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