Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 8-13 , October 2009

On-line cone beam CT image guidance for vocal cord tumor targeting

  • Sarah O.S. Osman

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Division of Medical Physics, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Radiation Oncology, Division of Medical Physics, Erasmus MC – Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Groene Hilledijk 301, 3075 EA Rotterdam, P.O. Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Hans C.J. de Boer

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Division of Medical Physics, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Eleftheria Astreinidou

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Division of Medical Physics, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Anne Gangsaas

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Ben J.M. Heijmen

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Division of Medical Physics, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter C. Levendag

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 4 December 2008 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 17 May 2009.

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☆ Part of this material was presented in a poster at the 2008, ESTRO 27 Meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden.

PII: S0167-8140(09)00265-5

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.015

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 8-13 , October 2009

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