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MRI simulation for radiotherapy treatment planning

Devic, 2012

Document ID
11353146137126673563
Author
Devic S
Publication year
Publication venue
Medical physics

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Over the last two decades, the computed tomography simulator became the standard of the contemporary radiotherapy treatment planning (RTP) process. Along the same time, the superb soft tissue contrast of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was widely incorporated …
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