Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 92-101 , Summer 2007

The Use of Gated and 4D CT Imaging in Planning for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

,Accepted 11 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.01.006

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 92-101 , Summer 2007

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