Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61 , Spring 2011

A Case Report on the Effect of Fan Beam Thickness in Helical Tomotherapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

  • W.C. Vincent Wu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: W.C. Vincent Wu, Ph.D., Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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  • Wing Lun A. Mui, B.Sc. (Hons)

Received 9 February 2009 ,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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PII: S0958-3947(09)00130-7

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.11.004

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61 , Spring 2011

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