Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 40-50 , Spring 2006

Image-guided radiotherapy using a mobile kilovoltage x-ray device

Presented in part at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Atlanta, GA, October 3–8, 2004.

  • Stephen P. Sorensen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Timothy D. Solberg, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska, 987521 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-7521
    • ,
  • Phillip E. Chow, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Sergey Kriminski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Paul M. Medin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
    • ,
  • Timothy D. Solberg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE

,Accepted 21 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.12.003

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 40-50 , Spring 2006

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