Intensity-modulated radiotherapy

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Advanced mode of high-precision radiotherapy that uses computer-controlled linear accelerators to deliver precise radiation doses to a malignant tumour or specific areas within the tumour. IMRT can create appropriate three-dimensional dose distributions by modulating the intensity of the radiation beams from multiple directions.

(ICRP Publication 127, 2014)

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