Evaluation of a new IR-guided system for mechanical QA of linear accelerators

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4816-4823

  Lyatskaya, Yulia ^a   Kadam, Dnyanesh ^a   Levitsky, Gennady ^a   Hacker, Fred ^a   Chin, Lee ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

IR system; Linear accelerator; Mechanical isocenter; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

INFRARED CAMERAS; IR SYSTEMS; ISOCENTERS; MECHANICAL DEVICE; MECHANICAL QUALITIES; ROTATIONAL AXIS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TREATMENT TABLE;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 54949156104     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2982148     Document Type: Article

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