Evaluation of localization errors for craniospinal axis irradiation delivery using volume modulated arc therapy and proposal of a technique to minimize such errors
Authors:
- Sotirios StathakisSSSotirios Stathakis
- Panayiotis MavroidisPMPanayiotis Mavroidis
- Carlos EsquivelCECarlos Esquivel
- Niko PapanikolaouNPNiko Papanikolaou
- 1 July 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Radiotherapy and Oncology
- Vol. 108 (1) , 107-113
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