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Quantification and assessment of Day-To-Day interfraction set-up errors in radiotherapy treatment delivery based on EPID detector Cover

Quantification and assessment of Day-To-Day interfraction set-up errors in radiotherapy treatment delivery based on EPID detector

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|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 9
Submitted on: Sep 9, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 4, 2024
Published on: Jan 30, 2025
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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