Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 7-11 , Spring 2010

A Method for Correcting IMRT Optimizer Heterogeneity Dose Calculations

  • Albert S. Zacarias, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Mellonie F. Brown, M.E.T., C.M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Mellonie F. Brown, M.E.T., C.M.D., University of Louisville Healthcare, Radiation Therapist School, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, 529 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202
    • ,
  • Michael D. Mills, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

Received 4 November 2008 ,Accepted 29 December 2008.

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PII: S0958-3947(08)00203-3

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.12.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 7-11 , Spring 2010

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