International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 582-589 , 1 February 2008

Dosimetric Advantages of Four-Dimensional Adaptive Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Lung Tumors Using Online Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

Received 19 April 2007 ,Revised 16 August 2007 ,Accepted 20 August 2007.

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 Presented at the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Denver, CO, October 16–20, 2005.

 Conflict of interest: Geoffrey D. Hugo, Ph.D. and Di Yan, D.Sc. hold a research grant funded by Elekta, Inc.

PII: S0360-3016(07)04247-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.078

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 582-589 , 1 February 2008

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