Clinical use of electronic portal imaging: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 58

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 712-737

  Herman, Michael G ^a   Balter, James M ^b   Jaffray, David A ^c   McGee, Kiarin P ^a   Munro, Peter ^d   Shalev, Shlomo ^e   Van Herk, Marcel ^f   Wong, John W ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^e Masthead Imaging   (Canada)

^f NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Portal imaging; Radiation therapy imaging

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; PORTAL IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0035018405     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1368128     Document Type: Article

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