Two quality control procedures on radiotherapy beam calibration and treatment planning system implementation

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Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-154

  Piermattei, Angelo ^a   Azario, Luigi ^a   Delle Canne, Stefania ^a   Fidanzio, Andrea ^a   Palazzoni, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Quality control; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PHANTOM; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031750739     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400210     Document Type: Article

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