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Acta Oncologica Volume 49, 2010 - Issue 4
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Patient setup error and day-to-day esophageal motion error analyzed by cone-beam computed tomography in radiation therapy

Hideomi Yamashita Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Akihiro Haga Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yayoi Hayakawa Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kae Okuma Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kiyoshi Yoda Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yukari Okano Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Ken-ichiro Tanaka Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Toshikazu Imae Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kuni Ohtomo Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Keiichi Nakagawa Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Pages 485-490 | Received 02 May 2009, Accepted 25 Jan 2010, Published online: 15 Mar 2010

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