Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 38-43 , Spring 2007

Effects of multileaf collimator parameters on treatment planning of intensity-modulated radiotherapy

This paper was presented at the 15th Asian Conference of Radiological Technologists, organized by the Japan Association of Radiological Technogists November 22, 2005, Chiba, Japan.

  • Vincent W.C. Wu

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dr. Vincent W. C. Wu, Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Received 13 November 2006 ,Accepted 15 November 2006.

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PII: S0958-3947(06)00174-9

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.11.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 38-43 , Spring 2007

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