Four-dimensional dose distributions of step-and-shoot IMRT delivered with real-time tumor tracking for patients with irregular breathing: Constant dose rate vs dose rate regulation
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Physics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0094-2405
DOI: 10.1118/1.4745562