Assessment of three-dimensional set-up errors in conventional head and neck radiotherapy using electronic portal imaging device

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gupta, Tejpal ^a   Chopra, Supriya ^a   Kadam, Avinash ^a   Agarwal, Jai ^a   Devi, Reena P ^a   Ghosh Laskar, Sarbani ^a   Dinshaw, Ketayun Ardeshir ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

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EID: 39049172811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-44     Document Type: Article

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