Quality assurance of serial tomotherapy for head and neck patient treatments.

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Published in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys on October 01, 1998

Authors

D A Low1, K S Chao, S Mutic, R L Gerber, C A Perez, J A Purdy

Author Affiliations

1: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Division of Radiation Oncology, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

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