International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 342-347 , 1 February 2011

Imaging Opportunities in Radiation Oncology

  • James M. Balter, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: James M. Balter, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, UH B2C432, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor MI 48109; Tel: (734)936-4309
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  • Bruce G. Haffty, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Princeton, NJ
    • ,
  • N. Reed Dunnick, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Eliot L. Siegel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Imaging Opportunities Workshop Participants

Received 10 February 2010 ,Revised 10 May 2010 ,Accepted 12 May 2010.

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 This article is a summary of a multidisciplinary workshop held Oct 18–20, 2008 in Rockville, MD. A full list of workshop participants is given in the Appendix.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(10)00752-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.05.029

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 342-347 , 1 February 2011

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