Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , April 2007

On the dose to a moving target while employing different IMRT delivery mechanisms

  • Eric D. Ehler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, and
    • ,
  • Benjamin E. Nelms

      Affiliations

    • Canis Lupus LLC, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • ,
  • Wolfgang A. Tomé

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, and
    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Wolfgang A. Tomé, Department of Human Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, K4/344 CSC, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.

Received 24 October 2006 ,Revised 26 January 2007 ,Accepted 13 February 2007.

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PII: S0167-8140(07)00063-1

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.02.007

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , April 2007

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