Effect of the first day correction on systematic setup error reduction

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1789-1796

  Wu, Qiuwen ^a   Lockman, David ^a   Wong, John ^a   Yan, Di ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Portal imaging; Setup error; Treatment process; Treatment simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOM ERRORS; SIMULATORS; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGES; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; PORTAL IMAGING; SETUP ERRORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PROCESS; TREATMENT SIMULATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; ERROR; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SIMULATION; STANDARD;

EID: 34247571040     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2727299     Document Type: Article

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