The on-going quest for treatment precision and conformality in radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-341

  Muren, Ludvig P ^a   Thwaites, David I ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 84890023287     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.11.007     Document Type: Editorial

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