Measurement of patient setup errors using port films and a computer-aided graphical alignment tool

Medical Dosimetry - Tập 21 - Trang 97-104 - 1996
James E. Schewe1, James M. Balter1, Kwok L. Lam1, Randall K. Ten Haken1
1Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0010 USA

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