Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 618-624 , December 2009

DCEMRI of spontaneous canine tumors during fractionated radiotherapy: A pharmacokinetic analysis

  • Åste Søvik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Biology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, 0310 Oslo, Norway.
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  • Hege Kippenes Skogmo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Erlend K.F. Andersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Medical Physics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Øyvind S. Bruland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Dag Rune Olsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Biology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Eirik Malinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Received 17 February 2009 ,Revised 28 July 2009 ,Accepted 4 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.012

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