Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 602-608 , December 2009

ExacTrac X-ray 6 degree-of-freedom image-guidance for intracranial non-invasive stereotactic radiotherapy: Comparison with kilo-voltage cone-beam CT

  • Jinli Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai 200032, China.
    • ,
  • Zheng Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Zhiheng Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Q. Jackie Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • John P. Kirkpatrick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Fang-Fang Yin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Received 23 May 2009 ,Revised 25 August 2009 ,Accepted 27 September 2009.

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PII: S0167-8140(09)00557-X

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.009

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 602-608 , December 2009

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