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The Simulation Process in the Determination and Definition of the Treatment Volume and Treatment Planning

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Sasa Mutic MS, Jeff M. Michalski MD & Carlos A. Perez MD

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4501 X Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

    James A. Purdy PhD

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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

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

  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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Mutic, S., Purdy, J.A., Michalski, J.M., Perez, C.A. (2006). The Simulation Process in the Determination and Definition of the Treatment Volume and Treatment Planning. 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_6

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