RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY A. Introduction
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The accurate targeting of tumours with maximal sparing of normal tissues has been the foremost goal of radiotherapy practice. Over the past two decades, the ability to achieve this goal has improved greatly through advances in imaging technology, specifically the development of computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron-emission tomography (PET) and fusion PET/CT [I-1].
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