Intensity-modulated radiation therapy using a variable-aperture collimator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1223-1238

  Webb, S ^a   Hartmann, G ^b   Echner, G ^b   Schlegel, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0038446750     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/9/310     Document Type: Article

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