Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 20-29 , Spring 2006

Ultrasound-based guidance of intensity-modulated radiation therapy

,Accepted 21 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.12.011

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 20-29 , Spring 2006

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