Where is the light field EDGE: Perception of different operators on different surfaces

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-103

  Kron, T ^a   Ferguson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Field matching; Operator variability; Patient setup; X ray light field congruence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; LIGHT; PERCEPTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0034041843     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(00)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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