Functional intercomparison of intraoperative radiotherapy equipment - Photon Radiosurgery System

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Armoogum, Kris S ^a   Parry, John M ^a   Souliman, Salam K ^a   Sutton, David G ^a   Mackay, Colin D ^a  

^a NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; X RAY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 34248389242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-11     Document Type: Article

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