Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 57-64 , April 2007

Intra-fractional uncertainties in cone-beam CT based image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) of pulmonary tumors

Received 20 September 2006 ,Revised 8 January 2007 ,Accepted 26 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.01.012

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