Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 128-134 , Summer 2010

Dosimetric Comparison Between Intensity-Modulated with Coplanar Field and 3D Conformal Radiotherapy with Noncoplanar Field for Postocular Invasion Tumor

  • Tu Wenyong, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Technology Institution, School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing
    • Radiatherapy Department, Nanjing Second Hospital, Nanjing
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  • Liu Lu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Technology Institution, School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Liu Lu, M.D., Nuclear Medicine Technology Institution, School of Clinical Medicine, Southeast University, No.87, Dingjia Qiao Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province (210009), China
    • ,
  • Zeng Jun, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiotherapy Department, YI-REN Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
    • ,
  • Yin Weidong, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiatherapy Department, Nanjing Second Hospital, Nanjing
    • ,
  • Li Yun, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Radiotherapy Department, YI-REN Hospital, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China

Received 2 December 2008 ,Accepted 3 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.04.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 128-134 , Summer 2010

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