Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 110-116 , Summer 2009

Effect of MLC Leaf Width and PTV Margin on the Treatment Planning of Intensity-Modulated Stereotactic Radiosurgery (IMSRS) or Radiotherapy (IMSRT)

Received 19 March 2008 ,Accepted 3 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.06.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 110-116 , Summer 2009

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