A Monte Carlo study of the effect of an ultrasound transducer on surface dose during intrafraction motion imaging for external beam radiation therapy

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Medical Physics (Lancaster)

• Publication date

  2017-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Physics, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1002/mp.12464PMID 28688115
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