Applicator-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy.

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Published in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys on April 01, 2002

Authors

Daniel A Low1, Perry W Grigsby, James F Dempsey, Sasa Mutic, Jeffrey F Williamson, Jerry Markman, K S Clifford Chao, Eric E Klein, James A Purdy

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Mallinckrodt Institute, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. low@castor.wustl.edu

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