Benchmarking Flattening Filter - Free Photons for IMRT / VMAT Using TG
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Benchmarking Flattening Filter-Free Photons for IMRT/VMAT using TG119 By Sarah Ashmeg Graduate Program in Medical Physics Duke University Date: _______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Jennifer O’Daniel, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Fang-Fang Yin, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Timothy Turkington An abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in the Graduate Program in Medical Physics of Duke University 2014 Copyright by Sarah Ashmeg 2014
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