Verification and correction of setup deviations in tangential breast irradiation using EPID: Gain versus workload

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1393-1398

  Pouliot, J ^a   Lirette, A ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer; correction; electronic portal imaging; treatment verification

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; IRRADIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

BREAST CANCER; CONSECUTIVE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGES; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; REDUCTION OF SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TANGENTIAL IRRADIATIONS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029811663     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597722     Document Type: Article

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