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The design and evaluation of a phantom for the audit of the treatment chain for prostate radiotherapy

Perrin et al., 2001

Document ID
5102749425698574743
Author
Perrin B
Jordan T
Hounsell A
Publication year
Publication venue
Radiotherapy and Oncology

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Background and Purpose: A phantom has been designed and built for a multi-institutional technique audit of the planning and delivery for radiotherapy to the prostate. The phantom was designed to test both the geometric and dosimetric accuracy of each aspect of the …
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