Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 97, Issue 3 , Pages 521-524 , December 2010

Feasibility of contrast-enhanced cone-beam CT for target localization and treatment monitoring

  • Jan Rødal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
    • Department of Physics, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Medical Physics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway.
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  • Åste Søvik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Biology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
    • Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Hege Kippenes Skogmo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Ingerid Skjei Knudtsen

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Centre, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
    • ,
  • Eirik Malinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Received 19 March 2010 ,Revised 14 June 2010 ,Accepted 3 July 2010.

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PII: S0167-8140(10)00389-0

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.07.006

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 97, Issue 3 , Pages 521-524 , December 2010

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