Commissioning of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Bedford, James L ^a   Warrington, Alan P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc therapy; DMLC; IMAT; IMRT; VMAT

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DECODING; PHYSICAL THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WINDOWS;

ARC THERAPY; DMLC; IMAT; IMRT; VMAT;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

CALIBRATION; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149345036     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.08.055     Document Type: Article

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