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Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

Adapting a generic BEAMnrc model of the Brain LAB m3 micro-multileaf collimator to simulate a local collimation device

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 78149310415     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/17/N01     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (22)

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