A gravity-oriented-device for IMRT can never rival other IMRT delivery methods

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY REGIONS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING;

GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 1542401165     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/5/L01     Document Type: Letter

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