An oscillating sweeping gap test for VMAT quality assurance

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5029-5044

  Bhagwat, Mandar S ^a   Han, Zhaohui ^a   Ng, Sook Kien ^a   Zygmanski, Piotr ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; FILM DOSIMETER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; FILM DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78149289968     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/17/010     Document Type: Article

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