Particle accelerators for radiotherapy. Present status and future

Physica Medica

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 137-145

  Maciszewski, Wieslaw ^a   Scharf, Waldemar ^b  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Medical accelerators; Multi energy accelerators; Particle accelerators; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTON; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 17444366539     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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