Application of a test package in an intercomparison of the photon dose calculation performance of treatment planning systems used in a clinical setting

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-213

  Venselaar, Jack ^a   Welleweerd, Hans ^b  

^a DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Quality assurance; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0034963623     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00304-8     Document Type: Article

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