A block design for split-field tests of accelerator alignment

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2331-2334

  Ford, Eric C ^a,b   Lutz, Wendell R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal spot alignment; Jaw symmetry; Photon beam alignment; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TESTING;

BLOCK ARRANGEMENT; BLOCK DESIGNS; COMBINED EFFECT; FOCAL SPOT; GANTRY ANGLES; PHOTON BEAMS; PROTOTYPE DEVICES; ROTATION AXES;

ALIGNMENT;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILM; JAW; LIGHT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION FIELD; RAIN FOREST; ROTATION;

EID: 4043105064     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1773621     Document Type: Article

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