The magnitude of treatment field set-up parameter correction in radiation therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-82

  Gluhchev, Georgi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Decision rule; Radiation therapy; Random error; Systematic displacement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ERROR; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031817858     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00055-3     Document Type: Article

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