Quality assurance for 3D conformal radiation therapy

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 2-7

  Purdy, James A ^a   Harms, William B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; Conformal therapy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEER REVIEW; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031717429     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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