Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 107-116 , Summer 2008

Clinical Assessment Of Stereotactic IGRT: Spinal Radiosurgery

  • Peter C. Gerszten, M.D., M.P.H.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Peter C. Gerszten, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Neurological Surgery, Presbyterian University Hospital, Suite B-400, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
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  • Steven A. Burton, M.D.

Received 1 November 2007 ,Accepted 29 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.02.003

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 107-116 , Summer 2008

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