Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61 , July 2009

Mathematical estimation and in vivo dose measurement for cone-beam computed tomography on prostate cancer patients

  • Shiu-Chen Jeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Chiao-Ling Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Wen-Tung Chan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chuan-Jong Tung

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Physics and Imaging Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jian-Kuen Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jason Chia-Hsien Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan.

Received 30 October 2008 ,Revised 8 March 2009 ,Accepted 8 March 2009.

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PII: S0167-8140(09)00127-3

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.03.010

Radiotherapy & Oncology
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