Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 152-162 , Summer 2006

The clinical implementation of respiratory-gated intensity-modulated radiotherapy

,Accepted 21 December 2005.

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Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 152-162 , Summer 2006

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