Helical tomotherapy: An innovative technology and approach to radiation therapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-316

  Welsh, James S ^a   Patel, Rakesh R ^a   Ritter, Mark A ^a   Harari, Paul M ^a   Mackie, T Rockwell ^a   Mehta, Minesh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; RADIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 0038668937     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460200100413     Document Type: Article

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