QA for helical tomotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 148

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4817-4853

  Langen, Katja M ^a   Papanikolaou, Niko ^b   Balog, John ^c   Crilly, Richard ^d   Followill, David ^e   Goddu, S Murty ^f   Grant, Walter ^g   Olivera, Gustavo ^h,i   Ramsey, Chester R ^j   Shi, Chengyu ^b  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c Mohawk Valley Medical Physics   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Medical Physics ^*  (United States)

^j THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

helical tomotherapy; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE TESTING; TESTING;

COMPREHENSIVE QUALITIES; HARDWARE DESIGN; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT; TEST PROCEDURES; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERIFICATION TECHNIQUES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CALIBRATION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956323953     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3462971     Document Type: Article

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