Electronic portal image assisted reduction of systematic set-up errors in head and neck irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-308

  De Boer, Hans C J ^a   Van Sörnsen De Koste, John R ^a   Creutzberg, Carien L ^a   Visser, Andries G ^b   Levendag, Peter C ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging device; Head and neck cancer; Portal imaging; Set up verification

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035197855     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00437-6     Document Type: Article

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