Implementing IMRT in clinical practice: A joint document of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1616-1634

  Galvin, James M ^a,b,c   Ezzell, Gary ^b   Eisbrauch, Avraham ^a   Yu, Cedric ^b   Butler, Brian ^a   Xiao, Ying ^b   Rosen, Isaac ^b   Rosenman, Julian ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^b   Xing, Lei ^b   Xia, Ping ^b   Lomax, Tony ^b   Low, Daniel A ^b   Palta, Jatinder ^b  

^a Amer Soc for Therapeutic Radiology   (United States)

^b American Association of Physicists in Medicine   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 12144289319     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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