Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): A clinical reality for cancer treatment, "any fool can understan this"

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2005, Pages

  Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 29644447274     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/26711644     Document Type: Article

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