Comparison of two commercial detector arrays for IMRT quality assurance

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-74

  Li, Jonathan G ^a   Yan, Guanghua ^a   Liu, Chihray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Intensity modulation; Quality assurance; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949166583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i2.2942     Document Type: Article

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