An experimental study on using a diagnostic computed radiography system as a quality assurance tool in radiotherapy

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-234

  Peace, Tim ^a   Subramanian, B ^a,b   Ravindran, P ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Physics Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed radiography; Photostimulable phosphor plate; Quality assurance; Radiation isocentre size; Winston Lutz aligment tool

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MEDICINE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM; DIGITAL IMAGING; MAXIMUM VARIATIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHOTOSTIMULABLE PHOSPHOR PLATE; QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOLS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 54449101438     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03179349     Document Type: Article

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