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Imaging in Radiation Therapy

Recent Advances and Their Role in Radiotherapy

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Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy

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  1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Filip Claus MD, PhD

  2. Department of Radiology, Carroll and Milton, Cornell University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Hedvig Hricak MD, PhD (Chairman, Petrie Chair and Professor of Radiology)

  3. Weill Medical College, Cornell University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Hedvig Hricak MD, PhD (Chairman, Petrie Chair and Professor of Radiology)

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  1. Department of Therapeutic Radiation, Oncology MMC 436, University of Minnesota Hospital, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Seymour H. Levitt MD (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor) (Professor and Foreign Adjunct Professor)

  2. Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden

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  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Medical Center, 4501 X Street, Suite G140, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

    James A. Purdy PhD (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief) (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief)

  4. Physics Section, UC Davis Medical Center, 4501 X Street, Suite G140, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

    James A. Purdy PhD (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief) (Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief)

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Claus, F., Hricak, H. (2006). Imaging in Radiation Therapy. In: Levitt, S.H., Purdy, J.A. (eds) Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35665-7_4

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