Quality assurance of serial tomotherapy for head and neck patient treatments

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 681-692

  Low, Daniel A ^a   Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Gerber, Russell L ^a   Perez, Carlos A ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Photon dose calculation algorithm verification; Tomotherapy; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031755673     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00273-9     Document Type: Article

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