Use of reduced dose rate when treating moving tumors using dynamic IMRT

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-34

  Court, Laurence ^a   Wagar, Matthew ^a   Bogdanov, Madeleine ^a   Ionascu, Dan ^a   Schofield, Deborah ^a   Allan, Aaron ^a   Berbeco, Ross ^a   Lingos, Tania ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Interplay effect; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951689490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i1.3276     Document Type: Article

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