Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 43-47 , January 2008

Evaluation of margining algorithms in commercial treatment planning systems

  • Alistair M. Pooler

      Affiliations

    • Physics Department, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. A.M. Pooler, Physics Department, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 4JY, UK.
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  • Helen M. Mayles

      Affiliations

    • Physics Department, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK
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  • Olivia F. Naismith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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  • John P. Sage

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, Arden Cancer Centre, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK
    • Present address: Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
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  • David P. Dearnaley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Academic Radiotherapy, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
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  • on behalf of CHHIP collaborators

Received 20 September 2007 ,Revised 31 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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PII: S0167-8140(07)00558-0

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.006

Radiotherapy & Oncology
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