Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 285-292 , Winter 2009

Cord Dose Specification and Validation for Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery of Spine

  • Shidong Li, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Shidong Li, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19140
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  • Yan Liu, Ph.D.
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  • Qing Chen, M.Sc.
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  • Jianyue Jin, Ph.D.

Received 20 March 2008 ,Accepted 27 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.11.006

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 285-292 , Winter 2009

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