Innovative Techniques in Radiation Therapy: Editorial, Overview, and Crystal Ball Gaze to the Future

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Webb, Steve ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LIVER; LUNG; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

FORECASTING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 33748526920     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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