International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1245-1254 , 15 March 2006

Feasibility of a novel deformable image registration technique to facilitate classification, targeting, and monitoring of tumor and normal tissue

Presented in part at the Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, GA, October 3–7, 2004.

Received 7 April 2005 ,Revised 28 October 2005 ,Accepted 31 October 2005.

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 Supported in part by Varian Medical Systems and the Susan Grange Family.

PII: S0360-3016(05)02873-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.10.027

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 1245-1254 , 15 March 2006

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