Technical note: Patient-specific quality assurance methods for TomoDirectTM whole breast treatment delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4073-4078

  Catuzzo, P ^a   Zenone, F ^a   Aimonetto, S ^a   Peruzzo, A ^a   Casanova Borca, V ^b   Pasquino, M ^b   Franco, P ^a   La Porta, M R ^b   Ricardi, U ^c   Tofani, S ^d,e  

^a Ospedale Regionale U Parini   (Italy)

^b Azienda Sanitaria ASL TO4   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Regionale U Parini'   (Italy)

^e Medical Physics Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast; diode arrays; DQA; TomoDirect; TomoTherapy

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; DIODES; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREAST; BREAST TREATMENT; DIODE ARRAYS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; PATIENT SPECIFIC; TOMODIRECT; TOMOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864219751     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4722967     Document Type: Article

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