International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 333-342 , 1 February 2006

Conformity index: A review

  • Loïc Feuvret, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Curie, Orsay, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Loïc Feuvret, M.D., Institut Curie-Centre de protonthérapie d’Orsay (CPO), Bâtiment 101, Campus universitaire, 91898 Orsay cedex, France. Tel: (+33) 01-69-29-87-29; Fax: (+33) 01-69-29-87-19
    • ,
  • Georges Noël, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Curie, Orsay, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Jacques Mazeron, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Curie, Orsay, France
    • Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Pierre Bey, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut Curie, Orsay, France
    • Institut Curie, Paris, France

Received 30 June 2005 ,Revised 7 September 2005 ,Accepted 9 September 2005.

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PII: S0360-3016(05)02719-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.09.028

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 333-342 , 1 February 2006

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