Experimental evaluation of ALFARD treatment planning system for 6 MV photon irradiation: A lung case study

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 217-221

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Allahverdi, Mahmoud ^a   Gheraati, Hossein ^a   Mohammadi, Ehsan ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accuracy; ALFARD; Effective path length method; Lung irradiation; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; LUNG; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12944255792     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(04)71030-5     Document Type: Article

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