Use of routine quality assurance procedures to detect the loss of a linear accelerator primary scattering foil

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-522

  Davis, M G ^a   Nyerick, C E ^a   Horton, J L ^a   Hogstrom, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electron beam; intraoperative radiation therapy; quality assurance; scattering foil

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS;

BEAM UNIFORMITY; INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTRONS; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; MECHANICAL LOSS; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTS; TASK GROUPS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029962211     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597683     Document Type: Short Survey

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