In vivo dose verification of IMRT treated head and neck cancer patients

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 572-578

  Engström, Per E ^a,b   Haraldsson, Pia ^a   Landberg, Torsten ^a   Hansen, Hanne Sand ^a   Engelholm, Svend Aage ^a   Nyström, Håkan ^a  

^a FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27144443330     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860500218983     Document Type: Article

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