Quality assurance for nonradiographic radiotherapy localization and positioning systems: Report of Task Group 147

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1728-1747

  Willoughby, Twyla ^a   Lehmann, Joerg ^b   Bencomo, José A ^c   Jani, Shirish K ^c   Santanam, Lakshmi ^d   Sethi, Anil ^e   Solberg, Timothy D ^f   Tomé, Wolfgang A ^g   Waldron, Timothy J ^h  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c US Oncology and Affiliates ^*  (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

electromagnetic tracking; infrared cameras; localization; optical tracking; quality assurance; radiation therapy; video localization

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION TESTING; RADIOTHERAPY; WELL TESTING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; LOCALIZATION; OPTICAL TRACKING; VIDEO LOCALIZATION;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 84861616110     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3681967     Document Type: Review

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