Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , January 2008

3D in vivo dose verification of entire hypo-fractionated IMRT treatments using an EPID and cone-beam CT

Received 19 September 2007 ,Revised 1 November 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.010

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 35-42 , January 2008

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