Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , Spring 2011

A New Approach to Reduce Number of Split Fields in Large Field IMRT

Presented at 49th Annual Meeting of American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Los Angeles, CA, October 30–November 1, 2007.

  • Chen-Chiao Lee, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Andrew Wu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiologic Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Madhur Garg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Subhakar Mutyala, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Shalom Kalnicki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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  • Gary Sayed, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiologic Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Dennis Mah, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dennis Mah, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, 1625 Poplar Street, Bronx, NY 10461

Received 12 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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PII: S0958-3947(09)00120-4

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.10.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , Spring 2011

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