Tolerances for the accuracy of photon beam dose calculations of treatment planning systems

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-201

  Venselaar, Jack ^a   Welleweerd, Hans ^b   Mijnheer, Ben ^c  

^a DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Photon beams; Quality assurance; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034959129     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00377-2     Document Type: Article

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