Commissioning kilovoltage cone-beam CT beams in a radiation therapy treatment planning system

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 19-33

  Alaei, Parham ^a   Spezi, Emiliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Kilovoltage; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873563940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i6.3971     Document Type: Article

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