Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 124-134 , Summer 2008

Use of the BrainLAB ExacTrac X-Ray 6D System in Image-Guided Radiotherapy

Received 1 November 2007 ,Accepted 29 February 2008.

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Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 124-134 , Summer 2008

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