American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 53: quality assurance for clinical radiotherapy treatment planning.

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Published in Med Phys on October 01, 1998

Authors

B Fraass1, K Doppke, M Hunt, G Kutcher, G Starkschall, R Stern, J Van Dyke

Author Affiliations

1: University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA. bfraass@umich.edu

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