Quality Assurance of Radiation Therapy Planning Systems: Current Status and Remaining Challenges

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Van Dyk, Jacob ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Quality assurance; Radiation therapy planning systems; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

CLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES; RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING SYSTEMS; TISSUE VOXELS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOCUMENTATION; IMAGING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41749090709     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.095     Document Type: Article

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