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Comparative study between Acuros XB algorithm and Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm in the case of heterogeneity for the treatment of lung cancer

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 24 (2018): Issue 3 (September 2018)
By: Mohammed El Adnani Krabch,  Abdelouahed Chetaine,  Abdelati Nourreddine,  Fatim Zohra Er-Radi and  Laila Baddouh  
Open Access
|Oct 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2018-0016 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 115 - 119
Submitted on: Jan 24, 2018
Accepted on: Aug 1, 2018
Published on: Oct 4, 2018
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
lung cancer,
Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm,
Acuros XB,
TPS
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

© 2018 Mohammed El Adnani Krabch, Abdelouahed Chetaine, Abdelati Nourreddine, Fatim Zohra Er-Radi, Laila Baddouh, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
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