EPID dosimetry must soon become an essential component of IMRT quality assurance

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4325-4327

  Van Elmpt, Wouter ^a   Ezzell, Gary A ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; X RAY FILM;

INTERNATIONALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 70349653552     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3213082     Document Type: Review

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