Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , Autumn 2009

A Device and Procedure for Immobilization of Patients Receiving Limb-Preserving Radiotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma

  • Colleen I. Dickie, B.Sc., M.R.T.(T)(MR)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Colleen I. Dickie, B.Sc., M.R.T.(T) MR, Room 5-962, Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9
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  • Amy Parent, B.Sc., M.R.T.(T)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Anthony Griffin, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Tim Craig, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Charles Catton, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter Chung, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Tony Panzarella, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Hospital and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Brian O'Sullivan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Sharpe, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Received 22 August 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 243-249 , Autumn 2009

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