Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 213-218 , Summer 2011

Dosimetric Analysis of Respiratory-Gated Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Received 25 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

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 Mian Xi and Li Zhang contributed equally to this study.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.03.006

Medical Dosimetry
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