User introduced uncertainties in the measurement of field misalignment by a computer aided technique

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 278-283

  Thomason, C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field alignment; Portal imaging; Radiotherapy verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION;

HUMANS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0031730818     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(98)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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