Combinational use of conformal and intensity-modulated beams in radiotherapy planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1795-1807

  Coolens, Catherine ^a   Webb, Steve ^a   Evans, Phil M ^a   Seco, Joao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES;

INTENSITY-MODULATED BEAMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0038497881     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/12/309     Document Type: Article

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