Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 199-208 , October 2006

Tomotherapy and Other Innovative IMRT Delivery Systems

  • John D. Fenwick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Wirral, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to John Fenwick, PhD, Medical Physics, Clatterbidge Centre for Oncology, Clatterbridge Road, Bebington, Wirral CH63 4JY, UK.
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  • Wolfgang A. Tomé, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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  • Emilie T. Soisson, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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  • Minesh P. Mehta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
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  • T. Rock Mackie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
    • Tomotherapy Incorporated, Madison, WI
    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
    • T.R. Mackie has a financial interest in Tomotherapy Incorporated, which manufactures Hi-Art helical tomotherapy machines.

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 Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (P01 CA088960), and by the Departments of Human Oncology and Medical Physics of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology.

PII: S1053-4296(06)00028-2

doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.04.002

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 199-208 , October 2006

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