Time delays and margins in gated radiotherapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-154

  Smith, Wendy L ^a   Becker, Nathan ^a  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gated radiotherapy; Margin; Respiratory gating; Time delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049105970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i3.2896     Document Type: Article

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