IMRT: A review and preview

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Bortfeld, Thomas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); INVERSE PLANNING';

RADIOTHERAPY;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 33745488460     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R21     Document Type: Review

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