Implementation and Evaluation of the Electron Arc Plan on a Commercial Treatment Planning System with a Pencil Beam Algorithm
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Kang, Sei-Kwon
(Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Park, So-Ah (Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine) Hwang, Tae-Jin (Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine) Cheong, Kwang-Ho (Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine) Lee, Me-Yeon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine) Kim, Kyoung-Ju (Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine) Oh, Do-Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine) Bae, Hoon-Sik (Department of Radiation Oncology, Hallym University College of Medicine) |
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