Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , October 2009

Image quality and stability of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) devices: A comparative study

  • Markus Stock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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  • Marlies Pasler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Birkfellner

      Affiliations

    • Center for Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Medical University Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Peter Homolka

      Affiliations

    • Center for Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Medical University Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Richard Poetter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Dietmar Georg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria

Received 5 February 2009 ,Revised 29 May 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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PII: S0167-8140(09)00430-7

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.012

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , October 2009

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