Implementing RapidArc into clinical routine: A comprehensive program from machine QA to TPS validation and patient QA

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5146-5166

  Van Esch, Ann ^a,b   Huyskens, Dominique P ^a,b   Behrens, Claus F ^c   Samøse, Eva ^c   Sjölin, Maria ^c   Bjelkengren, Ulf ^c   Sjöström, David ^c   Clermont, Christian ^b   Hambach, Lionel ^b   Sergent, François ^b  

^a QA team in Radiotherapy Physics   (Belgium)

^b Clinique & Maternite Sainte Elisabeth Namer   (Belgium)

^c Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; WELL TESTING;

ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURES; COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY; INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPIES; MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; VALIDATION PROGRAM; VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 80052397337     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3622672     Document Type: Article

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