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Therapeutics > Radiotherapy > Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted > Radiotherapy, Conformal > Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated
Therapeutics > Therapy, Computer-Assisted > Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted > Radiotherapy, Conformal > Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated
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Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated  

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  • CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY that combines several intensity-modulated beams to provide improved dose homogeneity and highly conformal dose distributions. An approach of delivering intensity-modulated radiotherapy where dosage beams are delivered concurrently with gantry rotation. An arc-based approach to the delivery of intensity-modulated radiotherapy that uses a fan-beam of radiation in conjunction with a binary multileaf collimator.

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