Optimization of dose distribution with multi-leaf collimator using field-in-field technique for parallel opposing tangential beams of breast cancers

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-63

  Murthy, K ^a   Sivakumar, S ^a   Davis, C ^a   Ravichandran, R ^a   El Ghamrawy, Kamal ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

3D CRT; Dose volume histogram; Homogeneity index; Planned target volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049100788     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.41194     Document Type: Article

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