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Yoshinori Tanabe1, Takayuki Ishida2, Hidetoshi Eto3

  • 1Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan; Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan.

Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
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Deformable image registrationDice similarity coefficientMuscular layer tensionProstate cancerVolumetric-modulated arc therapy

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