Monitor units are not predictive of neutron dose for high-energy IMRT

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Due to the substantial increase in beam-on time of high energy intensity-modulated radiotherapy (>10 MV) techniques to deliver the same target dose compared to conventional treatment techniques, an increased dose of scatter radiat...

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Main Authors: Hälg Roger A, Besserer Jürgen, Boschung Markus, Mayer Sabine, Schneider Uwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/7/1/138