Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , October 2008

Four-dimensional CT analysis of vocal cords mobility for highly focused single vocal cord irradiation

Received 13 December 2007 ,Revised 9 May 2008 ,Accepted 11 May 2008.

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☆ Part of this material was presented at the 2007 ESTRO Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

PII: S0167-8140(08)00265-X

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.05.016

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Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , October 2008

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