Credentialing results from IMRT irradiations of an anthropomorphic head and neck phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Molineu, Andrea ^a   Hernandez, Nadia ^a   Nguyen, Trang ^a   Ibbott, Geoffrey ^a   Followill, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropomorphic phantom; clinical trials; credentialing; IMRT QA

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREDENTIALING; IMRT QA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

PHANTOMS;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; FILM DOSIMETER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING PHANTOM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING; EQUIPMENT; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NECK; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; ORGANS AT RISK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84873584805     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4773309     Document Type: Article

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