Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , Summer 2009

Accuracy and Precision of an IGRT Solution

Received 30 January 2008 ,Accepted 3 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.05.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , Summer 2009