Setup verification in linac-based radiosurgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1972-1978

  Falco, T ^a   Lachaine, M ^a   Poffenbarger, B ^a   Podgorsak, E B ^a   Fallone, B G ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Linac based radiosurgery; Optical radiation detector; Quality assurance; Setup verification

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALIGNMENT ALGORITHMS; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; FIELD IMAGES; LINAC-BASED; RADIOSURGERY; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THICK LAYERS;

IMAGE ACQUISITION;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032825053     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598702     Document Type: Article

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