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Target and peripheral dose from radiation sector motions accompanying couch repositioning of patient coordinates with the Gamma Knife® Perfexion™

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|Apr 2011

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-011-0012-9 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 132 - 142
Published on: Apr 23, 2011
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2011 Tuan-Anh Tran, Vincent Wu, Harish Malhotra, James Steinman, Dheerendra Prasad, Matthew Podgorsak, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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