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Inverse planning for x-ray rotation therapy: a general solution of the inverse problem

U Oelfke1, T Bortfeld

  • 1Department of Medical Physics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.

Physics in Medicine and Biology
|May 8, 1999
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