History of tomotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Mackie, T R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; SCANNING;

FAN BEAMS; GANTRY; TOMOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COBALT 60;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MESOTHELIOMA; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745495381     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R24     Document Type: Review

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