Patient position verification with oblique radiation beams

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-131

  Sijtsema, Nanna M ^a   van den Bergh, Alfons C M ^a   Burlage, Fred R ^a   Bijl, Henk P ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Meertens, Harm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Head and neck cancer; Position verification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; BODY POSTURE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 35248863468     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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