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In an era of automated measurements and analysis, the time and resource intensive process of dosimetric plan verification for intensity modulated radiation therapy treatments would seem to be ripe for improvement. In this Point-Counterpoint contribution, the authors debate benefits of methods both hypothetical and established. I offer thanks to our contributors and note that they are writing in the classic style of a debate, the opinions that they argue may or may not reflect their personal views.
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Proposition: a pregnant resident physician should be excused from training rotations such as angiography and nuclear medicine because of the potential exposure of the fetus.
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Columbia University and The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Radiology, New York 10032-3784, USA.
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