Results of a two-year quality control program for a helical tomotherapy unit

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-241

  Broggi, Sara ^a   Mauro Cattaneo, Giovanni ^a   Molinelli, Silvia ^a   Maggiulli, Eleonora ^a   Del Vecchio, Antonella ^a   Longobardi, Barbara ^a   Perna, Lucia ^a   Fazio, Ferruccio ^b,c   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a Medical Physics

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Quality control program

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 38949161494     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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