Volumetric-modulated arc therapy: Effective and efficient end-to-end patient-specific quality assurance

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1567-1574

  O'Daniel, Jennifer ^a   Das, Shiva ^a   Wu, Q Jackie ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated arc therapy; Ion chamber array; Quality assurance; RapidArc; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE POINTS; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; ARC THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE COMPARISON; DOSE MEASUREMENT; GAMMA ANALYSIS; INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPIES; ION CHAMBER ARRAY; ION CHAMBER ARRAYS; RAPIDARC; T-TESTS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

MEASUREMENTS; PIXELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; SPINE CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858709089     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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