Daily on-line set-up correction in 3D-conformal radiotherapy: Is it feasible?

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Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-444

  Deodato, Francesco ^a   Cilla, Savino ^a   Massaccesi, Mariangela ^a   Macchia, Gabriella ^a   Ippolito, Edy ^a,c   Caravatta, Luciana ^a   Picardi, Vincenzo ^a   Romanella, Michele ^a   Di Falco, Carlo ^a   Bartollino, Alessandra ^a   Valentini, Vincenzo ^b   Cellini, Numa ^b   De Spirito, Marco ^a   Piermattei, Angelo ^a   Morganti, Alessio G ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Quality control; Radiotherapy; Setup error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; ON LINE NO ACTION LEVEL CORRECTION PROTOCOL; ONLINE MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84867218812     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161209800407     Document Type: Article

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