Ultrasound for Radiotherapy Targeting

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1579-

  Scarbrough, Todd J ^a,b   Ting, Joseph Y ^a,b   Kuritzky, Nicolas ^c  

^a MIMA Cancer Center   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34547467191     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.010     Document Type: Letter

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