Which factors influence reproducibility of patient positioning during daily irradiation routine?;Welche faktoren beeinflussen die reproduzierbarkeit der patientenlagerung in der taglichen bestrahlungsroutine?

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 422-427

  Thilmann, C ^a,b   Adamietz, I A ^a   Mose, S ^a   Saran, F ^a   Buchner, A ^a   Bottcher H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Klin F Strahlentherapie O   (Germany)

Author keywords

Patient positioning; Quality control; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BODY POSITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COBALT THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030742232     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03038318     Document Type: Article

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