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Monte Carlo treatment planning for photon and electron beams

Reynaert et al., 2007

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17341170845604123715
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Reynaert N
Van der Marck S
Schaart D
Van der Zee W
Van Vliet-Vroegindeweij C
Tomsej M
Jansen J
Heijmen B
Coghe M
De Wagter C
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Radiation Physics and Chemistry

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During the last few decades, accuracy in photon and electron radiotherapy has increased substantially. This is partly due to enhanced linear accelerator technology, providing more flexibility in field definition (eg the usage of computer-controlled dynamic multileaf …
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