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Doses in organs at risk during head and neck radiotherapy using IMRT and 3D-CRT

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 46 (2012): Issue 4 (December 2012)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-012-0050-y | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 328 - 336
Submitted on: Jun 17, 2012
Accepted on: Sep 17, 2012
Published on: Nov 9, 2012
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
radiotherapy,
IMRT,
3D-CRT,
head and neck cancer
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Radiology

© 2012 Magdalena Peszynska-Piorun, Julian Malicki, Wojciech Golusinski, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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