A comprehensive analysis of the IMRT dose delivery process using statistical process control (SPC)

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1275-1285

  Ǵrard, Karine ^a,b,c   Grandhaye, Jean Pierre ^d   Marchesi, Vincent ^b   Kafrouni, Hanna ^c   Husson, Fraņois ^c   Aletti, Pierre ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

^b Alexis Vautrin Cancer Center   (France)

^c DOSIsoft SA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

control chart; IMRT verification; performance; statistical process control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CHARTS; DISEASES; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FLOWCHARTING; GRAPHIC METHODS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; UROLOGY;

COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; EWMA CONTROL CHARTS; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE INDICES; STATISTICAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROLS (SPC);

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 63849195124     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3089793     Document Type: Article

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