Comparison of the KonRad IMRT and XiO treatment planning systems

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-135

  Reitz, Bodo ^a,b   Miften, Moyed ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; QA; Segmentation; TPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049114256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v9i3.2770     Document Type: Article

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