Selection of beam angles for radiotherapy of skull base tumours using charged particles

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1229-1241

  Jakel O ^a   Debus, J ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOPHYSICS; CARBON; CHORDOMA; HUMANS; IONS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0342264512     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/311     Document Type: Article

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