Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 109-112 , Spring 2011

A Comparison Between Electronic Portal Imaging Device and Cone Beam CT in Radiotherapy Verification of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Received 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.01.005

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 109-112 , Spring 2011

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