Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 116-121 , April 2010

6D image guidance for spinal non-invasive stereotactic body radiation therapy: Comparison between ExacTrac X-ray 6D with kilo-voltage cone-beam CT

  • Zheng Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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  • Zhiheng Wang

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China
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  • Jennifer C. O’Daniel

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 16 September 2009 ,Revised 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 29 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.036

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