A quality assurance program for ancillary high technology devices on a dual-energy accelerator

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-60

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual asymmetric jaws; Dynamic wedge; Multileaf collimation; Portal imaging; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030061689     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(95)01634-1     Document Type: Article

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