Very high energy electromagnetically-scanned electron beams are an attractive alternative to photon IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1945-1948

  Papiez, Lech ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PHOTON MEDIATED INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERY HIGH ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETICALLY SCANNED ELECTRON BEAM; VERY HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY;

EID: 3142668948     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1760769     Document Type: Review

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