Comparison of action levels for patient-specific quality assurance of intensity modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy treatments

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4378-4385

  Mancuso, Gordon M ^a   Fontenot, Jonas D ^a,b   Gibbons, John P ^a,b   Parker, Brent C ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

action levels; intensity modulated radiation therapy; quality assurance; volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ACTION LEVELS; DELIVERY TECHNIQUES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84864240475     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4729738     Document Type: Article

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