A quality assurance procedure to evaluate cone-beam CT image center congruence with the radiation isocenter of a linear accelerator

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Du, Weiliang ^a   Yang, James N ^a   Chang, Eric L ^a   Luo, Dershan ^a   McAleer, Mary Frances ^a   Shiu, Almon ^a   Martel, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CBCT; IGRT; Isocenter; SBRT

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650040316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i4.3297     Document Type: Article

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