A technique for the quantitative evaluation of dose distributions

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 656-661

  Low, Daniel A ^a   Harms, William B ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance to agreement; Dose distribution analysis; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPOSITE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION COMPARISONS; INDIVIDUAL ACCEPTANCE; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031861573     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598248     Document Type: Article

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