The gamma evaluation method as a routine QA procedure of IMRT

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 162-168

  Winiecki, Janusz ^a   Morgaś, Tomasz ^a   Majewska, Karolina ^a   Drzewiecka, Barbara ^a  

^a Regional Oncology Centre Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

Author keywords

DTA; Gamma evaluation; Gamma index; IMRT; QA

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISPLAY SYSTEM; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECORDING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 75149121900     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(10)60031-4     Document Type: Article

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