Setup error in radiotherapy: On-line correction using electronic kilovoltage and megavoltage radiographs

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 825-839

  Pisani, Laura ^a,b   Lockman, David ^a   Jaffray, David ^a,b   Yan, Di ^a,b   Martinez, Alvaro ^a   Wong, John ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Kilovoltage; Megavoltage; On line correction; Radiotherapy verification; Setup error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MODEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034212293     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00476-4     Document Type: Article

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