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Dosimetric implications of two registration based patient positioning methods in prostate image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 43 (2009): Issue 3 (September 2009)
By: D Rivest,  Terence Riauka,  Albert Murtha and  B Fallone  
Open Access
|Sep 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-009-0030-z | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 203 - 212
Published on: Sep 14, 2009
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
prostate radiotherapy,
helical tomotherapy,
patient positioning,
image registration
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology,
Radiology

© 2009 D Rivest, Terence Riauka, Albert Murtha, B Fallone, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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Volume 43 (2009): Issue 3 (September 2009)