Determination of an Effective Wedge Angle by Combination of Two Arbitrary Universal Wedge Fields in Radiation Therapy of Cancer Patients with Megavoltage Photon Beams |
Shamsi, Azin
(Department of Medical physics Faculty of medical sciences Ahwaz jondishapour university of medical sciences)
Birgani, Mohammad Javad Tahmasebi (Department of Medical physics Faculty of medical sciences Ahwaz jondishapour university of medical sciences) Behrooz, Mohammad Ali (Department of Medical physics Faculty of medical sciences Ahwaz jondishapour university of medical sciences) Arvandi, Sholeh (Department of Medical physics Faculty of medical sciences Ahwaz jondishapour university of medical sciences) Fatahiasl, Jafar (Department of Medical physics Faculty of medical sciences Ahwaz jondishapour university of medical sciences) Maskny, Reza (Departments of Clinical Oncology, Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences) Abdalvand, Neda (Department of Medical physics Faculty of medical sciences Ahwaz jondishapour university of medical sciences) |
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