Commissioning and periodic quality assurance of a clinical electronic portal imaging device

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Low, Daniel A ^a   Klein, Eric E ^a   Maag, Derek K ^a   Umfleet, William E ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging devices; On line radiation therapy imaging; Radiation therapy quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; SAFETY;

EID: 0030051211     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02096-9     Document Type: Article

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