A method for quality assurance of dynamic wedge;Eine methode zur qualitatssicherung dynamischer keilfilter

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-41

  Schmidt, Ernst Ludwig ^a   Rittler, Jürgen ^b   Steurer, Reiner ^b  

^a Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Offenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic wedge; Quality assurance; Wedge angle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032952613     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02743460     Document Type: Article

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