Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , Spring 2007

Accuracy of inhomogeneity correction algorithm in intensity-modulated radiotherapy of head-and-neck tumors

Received 30 October 2006 ,Accepted 15 November 2006.

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 This investigation was supported by a research grant from the National Cancer Center, Korea (no. 0610060).

PII: S0958-3947(06)00175-0

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.11.004

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 44-51 , Spring 2007

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