Kilovoltage therapy is well and truly alive and needed in a modern radiotherapy centre

Robin Hill^{1

2}, David Eaton³, Clive Baldock⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
² School of Physics, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
³ Department of Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
⁴ Research and Innovation Division, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia. cbaldock@uow.edu.au.

Editorial

Robin Hill et al. Phys Eng Sci Med. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;44(2):341-345.

doi: 10.1007/s13246-021-00998-0.

Robin Hill^{1

2}, David Eaton³, Clive Baldock⁴

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
² School of Physics, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
³ Department of Medical Physics, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
⁴ Research and Innovation Division, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia. cbaldock@uow.edu.au.

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Comment on

Advances in kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry.
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