International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 434-442 , 1 June 2002

The effect of beam energy and number of fields on photon-based IMRT for deep-seated targets

Presented at the AAPM meeting, July 24th, 2000, in Chicago, IL.

  • Andrea Pirzkall, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Andrea Pirzkall, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, 505 Parnassus Av., L-75, San Francisco, CA 94143-0226. Tel: (415) 353-8906; Fax: (415) 353-8679, USA http://www.ucsf.edu/radonc
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Mark P Carol, M.D.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Barby Pickett, M.S.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Ping Xia, Ph.D.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Mack Roach III, M.D.

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Lynn J Verhey, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Received 12 July 2001 ,Accepted 16 January 2002.

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☆ These studies were in part supported by the NOMOS Corporation, Sewickley, PA.

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International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 434-442 , 1 June 2002

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