Commissioning of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in a dual-vendor environment

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-89

  Dobler, Barbara ^a   Groeger, Christian ^a   Treutwein, Marius ^a   Alvarez Moret, Judith ^a   Goetzfried, Thomas ^a   Weidner, Karin ^a   Haertl, Petra ^a   Koelbl, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical implementation; Commissioning; Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79954620304     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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