Quality assurance program for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatments of head and neck carcinomas;Programme commun d'assurance de qualité de la radiothérapie conformationnelle avec modulation d'intensité (RCMI) des cancers de la tête et du cou

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 172-178

  Marcie S ^a   Aletti, P ^b   Lefkopoulos, D ^c   Tomsej, M ^d  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Head and neck; IMRT; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FILM; FRANCE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037677266     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(03)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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