Practical IMRT planning

Image-Guided IMRT

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 47-59

  De Neve, Wilfried ^a   Wu, Yan ^b   Ezzell, Gary ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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EID: 84892218973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30356-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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