Linac mechanic QA using a cylindrical phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5139-5149

  Mamalui Hunter, Maria ^a   Li, Harold ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; IMAGE SENSORS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; ROTATION; SPEED; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL USES; DOSE DELIVERY; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; GEOMETRY PARAMETERS; IN-PLANE ROTATION; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES; MECHANICAL QUALITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME CONSUMING; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MECHANICS; MOTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; ROTATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 51849109810     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/019     Document Type: Article

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