Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 208-213 , Autumn 2010

SORS: A New Software for the Simulation of Radiotherapy Schedule

Received 7 January 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.06.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 208-213 , Autumn 2010