International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Pages 1579-1587 , 1 April 2008

Patient Dose From Megavoltage Computed Tomography Imaging

  • Amish P. Shah, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Amish P. Shah, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, 1400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32806. Tel: (321) 841-7058; Fax: (321) 841-7153
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  • Katja M. Langen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL
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  • Kenneth J. Ruchala, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, WI
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  • Andrea Cox, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, WI
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  • Patrick A. Kupelian, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL
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  • Sanford L. Meeks, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, FL

Received 7 August 2007 ,Revised 8 November 2007 ,Accepted 9 November 2007.

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 Conflict of interest: M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has received research funding from TomoTherapy, Inc. K. Ruchala and A. Cox are employees of TomoTherapy, Inc. and have a financial interest in TomoTherapy, Inc. None of the other authors have direct financial interest in TomoTherapy, Inc.

PII: S0360-3016(07)04603-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.048

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
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