Clinical implementation of electron energy changes of Varian linear accelerators

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 177-187

  Zhang, Sean ^a   Liengsawangwong, Praimakorn ^a   Lindsay, Patricia ^a   Prado, Karl ^a   Sun, Tzouh Liang ^a   Steadham, Roy ^a   Wang, Xiaochun ^a   Salehpour, Mohammad R ^a   Gillin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron beam energy change; Llinear accelerator

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649279773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i4.2978     Document Type: Article

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