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Original Articles

Degradation of target coverage due to inter-fraction motion during intensity-modulated proton therapy of prostate and elective targets

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Pages 521-527 | Received 24 Aug 2012, Accepted 20 Nov 2012, Published online: 14 Feb 2013

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