Efficient on-line setup correction strategies using plan-intent functions

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1388-1397

  Keller, Harry ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a   Rosewall, Tara ^a   White, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action levels; On line set up correction strategies; Treatment setup variations; Workload

Indexed keywords

ACTION LEVELS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; ON-LINE SET; ON-LINE SETUP CORRECTION; TREATMENT SETUP VARIATIONS; WORKLOAD;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 33646473969     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2192580     Document Type: Article

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