On board cone beam CT for treatment planning in image guided radiotherapy

Background: Movement of tumours between or during radiotherapy treatment fractions poses a risk to surrounding healthy tissues and potentially lowers the treatment dose to the intended area. To increase the efficacy of radiotherapy, radiation oncologists utilise image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) to e...

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Main Author: Abolaban, Fouad Abdulaziz
Published: University of Surrey 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.555929