Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 199-205 , Autumn 2008

A Treatment Planning Investigation Into the Dosimetric Effects of Systematic Prostate Patient Rotational Set-Up Errors

  • Gavin Cranmer-Sargison, M.Sc.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Gavin Cranmer-Sargison, M.Sc., Saskatoon Cancer Centre, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Received 16 January 2007 ,Accepted 22 June 2007.

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PII: S0958-3947(07)00118-5

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.06.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 199-205 , Autumn 2008

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