Modern radiation treatment planning and delivery - From Röntgen to real time

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-62

  Smith, Ryan P ^a   Heron, Dwight E ^a   Huq, M Saiful ^a   Yue, Ning J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NEUTRON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 33645393663     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2006.01.006     Document Type: Review

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