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Evaluation of a software system for estimating planned dose error in patients, based on planar IMRT QA measurements Cover

Evaluation of a software system for estimating planned dose error in patients, based on planar IMRT QA measurements

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|Jan 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0042 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 87 - 93
Published on: Jan 22, 2014
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2014 Mohammad Bakhtiari, Ashkan Parniani, Fritz Lerma, Shannon Reynolds, James Jordan, Alireza Sedaghat, Mehrdad Sarfaraz, James Rodgers, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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