A Pilot Study for the Remote Monitoring of IMRT Using a Head and Neck Phantom
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Han, Young-Yih
(Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Shin, Eun-Hyuk (Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Lim, Chun-Il (Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)) Kang, Se-Kwon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University) Park, Sung-Ho (Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan) Lah, Jeong-Eun (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Suh, Tae-Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Yoon, Myong-Geun (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center) Lee, Se-Byeong (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center) Ju, Sang-Gyu (Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Ahn, Yong-Chan (Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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