Statistical process control analysis for patient-specific IMRT and VMAT QA

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 546-552

  Sanghangthum, Taweap ^a,b   Suriyapee, Sivalee ^a   Srisatit, Somyot ^a   Pawlicki, Todd ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Control chart; IMRT; patient specific QA; Process capability index; VMAT

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CHARTS; FLOWCHARTING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RANDOM ERRORS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CONTROL CHART; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PATIENT-SPECIFIC QUALITY ASSURANCE; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCESS; SPECIFIC INTENSITY; STATISTICAL PROCESS-CONTROL; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 84877760238     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrs112     Document Type: Article

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