Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 48-54 , July 2010

A study on the dosimetric accuracy of treatment planning for stereotactic body radiation therapy of lung cancer using average and maximum intensity projection images

Received 4 August 2009 ,Revised 5 April 2010 ,Accepted 5 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.04.003

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 48-54 , July 2010

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