Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 126-132 , Summer 2009

Calculation and Prediction of the Effect of Respiratory Motion on Whole Breast Radiation Therapy Dose Distributions

Received 12 January 2008 ,Accepted 19 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.07.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 126-132 , Summer 2009

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