Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , Summer 2011

An Optimized Online Verification Imaging Procedure for External Beam Partial Breast Irradiation

  • David J. Willis, M.Tech.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: David J. Willis, M. Tech., Radiation Therapy Services, Division of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Locked Bag 1, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne VIC 8006
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  • Tomas Kron, Ph.D.
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  • Boon Chua, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.

Received 8 September 2009 ,Accepted 26 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.02.010

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , Summer 2011

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