Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 42-47 , Spring 2008

Feasibility Study of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Treatment Planning Using Brain Functional MRI

  • Jenghwa Chang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Jenghwa Chang, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Medical Physics Department, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
    • ,
  • Alex Kowalski, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Bob Hou, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Ashwatha Narayana, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Received 18 January 2007 ,Accepted 7 May 2007.

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PII: S0958-3947(07)00108-2

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.05.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 42-47 , Spring 2008

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