Quality assurance of physical parameters in radiation oncology at the University Hospital of Basel - A retrospect

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-88

  Roth, Jakob ^a   Roser, Hans W ^a   Nemec, Horst W ^a   Brunner, Urs ^a   Sander, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

In vivo dosimetry; Linear accelerator; Quality assurance; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031871539     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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