A fully electronic intensity-modulated radiation therapy quality assurance (IMRT QA) process implemented in a network comprised of independent treatment planning, record and verify, and delivery systems

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Bailey, Daniel ^a   Kumaraswamy, Lalith ^b   Podgorsak, Matthew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

87.53.Kn; EPID; IMRT; PACS: 87.53.Bn; Paperless; Portal dosimetry; QA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE DENSITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 77953018425     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-010-0017-9     Document Type: Article

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