Three-dimensional conformal irradiation for extracranial tumor using Exac Trac and Varian Real-Time Position Management (RPM) Respiratory gating system

Japanese Journal of Clinical Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1507-1514

  Hatano, K ^a   Sakai, M ^a   Araki, H ^a   Narita, Y ^a   Akiyama, Y ^a   Shimizu, H ^a   Shimizu, T ^a   Iwase, T ^a   Okazaki, N ^a   Udagawa, K ^a   Ishigaki, H ^a  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035209815     PISSN: 00099252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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