Dosimetric effects of manual cone-beam CT (CBCT) matching for spinal radiosurgery: Our experience

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 132-141

  Schreibmann, Eduard ^a   Fox, Tim ^a   Crocker, Ian ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Patient positioning; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052161252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i3.3467     Document Type: Article

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