Set-up verification using portal imaging; review of current clinical practice

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-120

  Hurkmans, Coen W ^a   Remeijer, Peter ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Patient positioning; Portal imaging; Quality control; Set up error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERROR; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG CANCER; MANTLE FIELD RADIOTHERAPY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; POSTURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0035252342     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00260-7     Document Type: Article

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