Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 319-325 , September 2008

Lung 4D-IMRT treatment planning: An evaluation of three methods applied to four-dimensional data sets

  • Eric D. Ehler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • Wolfgang A. Tomé

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI, USA
    • 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 – Madison, K4/314 CSC, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.

Received 23 February 2008 ,Revised 18 June 2008 ,Accepted 6 July 2008.

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PII: S0167-8140(08)00368-X

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.07.004

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 88, Issue 3 , Pages 319-325 , September 2008

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