Clinical impact of the detector size effect in 3D-CRT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-322

  García Vicente, Feliciano ^a   Béjar, Maria José ^b   Pérez, Leopoldo ^a   Torres, Juan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical impact; Detector size effect; Penumbra dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER CONTROL; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIODE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HISTOGRAM; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 14844320582     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.10.012     Document Type: Article

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