The effect of on-line position correction on the dose distribution in focal radiotherapy for bladder cancer

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 38-

  Van Rooijen, Dominique C ^a   Van de Kamer, Jeroen B ^a   Pool, René ^a   Hulshof, Maarten C C M ^a   Koning, Caro C E ^a   Bel, Arjan ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 70449517064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-4-38     Document Type: Article

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