Technical challenges in liver stereotactic body radiation therapy: Reflecting on the progress

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 869-870

  Fontenot, Jonas D ^a,b   Klein, Eric E ^c  

^a MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84888242332     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.08.025     Document Type: Editorial

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