Independent calculation of dose from a helical TomoTherapy unit

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-119

  Gibbons, John P ^a,b   Smith, Koren ^b   Cheek, Dennis ^a   Rosen, Isaac ^a,b  

^a MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; IMRT; Independent dose verification; Monitor unit calculation; TomoTherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049105106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i1.2772     Document Type: Article

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