Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , Spring 2010

Measurement and Evaluation of Inhomogeneity Corrections and Monitor Unit Verification for Treatment Planning

  • Rishik Saxena, M.S.
    • ,
  • Patrick Higgins, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Patrick Higgins, Ph.D., Therapeutic Radiology-Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street S.E., MMC 494, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0110

Received 23 July 2008 ,Accepted 2 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.01.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , Spring 2010

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