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A novel tracking technique for the continuous precise measurement of tumour positions in conformal radiotherapy

Seiler et al., 2000

Document ID
18154872961733614415
Author
Seiler P
Blattmann H
Kirsch S
Muench R
Schilling C
Publication year
Publication venue
Physics in Medicine & Biology

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Changing tumour positions induced by organ motion can impede the full exploitation of the strengths of conformal radiotherapy. The unnecessary irradiation of healthy tissue surrounding the target volume can be the consequence. To overcome this, one should …
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