The effect and stability of MVCT images on adaptive TomoTherapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 4-14

  Yadav, Poonam ^a,c   Tolakanahalli, Ranjini ^a   Rong, Yi ^a,b   Paliwal, Bhudatt R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Riverview Cancer Centre   (United States)

^c VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

IVDT; MVCT; Target degradation; TomoTherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650041533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i4.3229     Document Type: Article

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