A new metric for assessing IMRT modulation complexity and plan deliverability

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 505-515

  McNiven, Andrea L ^a,b   Sharpe, Michael B ^a,b   Purdie, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity; Deliverability; IMRT; Quality assurance; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIODES; DOSIMETRY; MODULATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; UROLOGY;

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; COMPLEXITY; DELIVERABILITY; EVALUATION CRITERIA; IMRT; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 75749146322     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3276775     Document Type: Article

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