Dosimetric and Monte Carlo verification of jaws-only IMRT plans calculated by the Collapsed Cone Convolution algorithm for head and neck cancers
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عنوان ژورنال: Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1507-1367
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2018.11.004