Comparison of the dosimetries of 3-dimensions Radiotherapy (3D-RT) with linear accelerator and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with helical tomotherapy in children irradiated for neuroblastoma

BMC Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Beneyton, Violaine ^a   Niederst, Claudine ^a   Vigneron, Céline ^a   Meyer, Philippe ^a   Becmeur, François ^b   Marcellin, Luc ^b   Lutz, Patrick ^b   Noel, Georges ^a  

^a CENTRE PAUL STRAUSS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

3D RT; Dosimetry; IMRT; Neuroblastoma; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862775553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6649-12-2     Document Type: Article

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