Quality Assurance of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Palta, Jatinder R ^a   Liu, Chihray ^a   Li, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Quality assurance; Uncertainties in IMRT

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DELIVERY PROCESS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCERTAINTIES IN IMRT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PARAMETER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MECHANICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 41749107380     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.092     Document Type: Article

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