Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 9-15 , Spring 2009

Technical and Dosimetric Considerations in Multi-Isocenter Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal carcinoma with Small Multileaf Collimator

  • Jin Xiance, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Jin Xiance, B.S., Radiation Oncology Department of the 1st Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, No. 2 Fuxue Lane, Wenzhou, China, 325000
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  • Wu Shixiu, Ph.D.
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  • Yu Jianyi, B.S.
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  • Yi Jinling, M.S.

Received 1 February 2007 ,Accepted 26 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.05.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 9-15 , Spring 2009

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