A comparison of dose warping methods for 4D Monte Carlo dose calculations in lung

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Heath, E ^a   Seco, J ^b   Wu, Z ^b   Sharp, G C ^b   Paganetti, H ^b   Seuntjens, J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 44649099529     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/102/1/012013     Document Type: Article

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