Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 30-39 , Spring 2006

In-room CT techniques for image-guided radiation therapy

  • C.-M. Charlie Ma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: C.-M.C. Ma, Ph.D., Director of Radiation Physics, Radiation Oncology Department, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Kamen Paskalev, M.S.

,Accepted 21 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.12.010

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 30-39 , Spring 2006

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