Static and rotational output variation of a tomotherapy unit

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 816-820

  Francois, Pascal ^a   Mazal, Alejandro ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Calibration; Output variation; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION PROCESS; DOSE CALCULATION; OUTPUT VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATIONAL MODES; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT CONDITIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROTATION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 61349101735     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3075898     Document Type: Article

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