Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , October 2009

Initial validations for pursuing irradiation using a gimbals tracking system

  • Kenji Takayama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology and Image Applied Therapy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan
    • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Takashi Mizowaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology and Image Applied Therapy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology and Image Applied Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
    • ,
  • Masaki Kokubo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan
    • ,
  • Noriyuki Kawada

      Affiliations

    • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Nakayama

      Affiliations

    • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuichiro Narita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology and Image Applied Therapy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuo Nagano

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuichiro Kamino

      Affiliations

    • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Masahiro Hiraoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology and Image Applied Therapy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Received 29 October 2008 ,Revised 8 July 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.011

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , October 2009

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