Acceptance tests and quality control (QC) procedures for the clinical implementation of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) using inverse planning and the sliding window technique: Experience from five radiotherapy departments

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-70

  Van Esch, Ann ^a   Bohsung, Jörg ^b   Sorvari, Pekka ^c   Tenhunen, Mikko ^c   Paiusco, Marta ^d   Iori, Mauro ^d   Engström, Per ^e   Nyström, Håkan ^e   Huyskens, Dominique Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acceptance tests; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Inverse planning; Quality control procedures; Sliding window

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036804332     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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