International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 1239-1246 , 15 March 2008

Comparison of Target Registration Errors for Multiple Image-Guided Techniques in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation

  • David P. Gierga, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: David P. Gierga, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Cox 8, Boston, MA 02114. Tel: (617) 724-2274; Fax: (617) 643-0848
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  • Marco Riboldi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
    • Politecnico di Milano University, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Julie C. Turcotte, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Greg C. Sharp, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Steve B. Jiang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Alphonse G. Taghian, M.D. Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • George T.Y. Chen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Received 13 June 2007 ,Revised 12 November 2007 ,Accepted 12 November 2007.

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 Presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Philadelphia, PA, Nov 5–9, 2006.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(07)04567-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.020

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 1239-1246 , 15 March 2008

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