Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , Spring 2007

Dosimetric study and in-vivo dose verification for conformal avoidance treatment of anal adenocarcinoma using helical tomotherapy

This study was presented as a poster in the 48th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, July 30-August 3, 2006.

  • Chunhui Han, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
    • Division of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Chunhui Han, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Physics, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA 91010.
    • ,
  • Yi-Jen Chen, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
    • ,
  • An Liu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
    • Division of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
    • ,
  • Timothy E. Schultheiss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Physics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
    • Division of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey Y.C. Wong, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA

Received 21 October 2006 ,Accepted 24 October 2006.

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PII: S0958-3947(06)00168-3

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.10.004

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , Spring 2007

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