Quality Assurance of Onboard Megavoltage Computed Tomography Imaging and Target Localization Systems for On- and Off-Line Image-Guided Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Langen, Katja M ^a   Meeks, Sanford L ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^b  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

In room imaging; Megavoltage computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CONE BEAM SYSTEMS; INROOM IMAGING; MEGAVOLTAGE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 41749117295     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.094     Document Type: Article

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