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Acta Oncologica Volume 56, 2017 - Issue 11: 15th Acta Oncologica symposium: BiGART2017 - Biology-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy - Aarhus, Denmark - June 13-16, 2017
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Proton radiography for inline treatment planning and positioning verification of small animals

Johannes MüllerOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology – OncoRay, Dresden, Germany; Correspondence[email protected]
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Christian NeubertOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus, Germany;
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Cläre von NeubeckOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;
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Michael BaumannOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology – OncoRay, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; ;National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Mechthild KrauseOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology – OncoRay, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Wolfgang EnghardtOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology – OncoRay, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Rebecca BütofOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Antje DietrichOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany;
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Armin LührOncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; ;Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology – OncoRay, Dresden, Germany; ;German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany;
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Pages 1399-1405 | Received 01 May 2017, Accepted 23 Jun 2017, Published online: 23 Aug 2017

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