Toward automated quality assurance for intensity-modulated radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 443-452

  Low, Daniel A ^a   Dempsey, James F ^a   Markman, Jerry ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Klein, Eric E ^a   Sohn, Jason W ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Densitometry; Film dosimetry; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CALIBRATION; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENSITOMETRY; DEVICE; DIGITALIZATION; DOSE CALCULATION; FILTER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; NOISE; OPTICAL DENSITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RATING SCALE; STANDARD;

ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036603936     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02818-8     Document Type: Article

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