Variation and Control of Process Behavior

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Pawlicki, Todd ^a   Whitaker, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Radiological Imaging Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Action limits; Process behavior; Statistical process control; Variation

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECIFICATIONS;

ACTION LIMITS; PROCESS BEHAVIOR; TIME-ORDERED BEHAVIOR;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 41749101774     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.096     Document Type: Article

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