On-line portal imaging: Contributions and limitations in clinical practice

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue , 1996, Pages 156-167

  Shalev, Shlomo ^a  

^a Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ONLINE SYSTEM; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029693198     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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