Initial experience with TrueBeam trajectory log files for radiation therapy delivery verification

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Baozhou ^a   Rangaraj, Dharanipathy ^b   Palaniswaamy, Geethpriya ^b   Yaddanapudi, Sridhar ^a   Wooten, Omar ^a   Yang, Deshan ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Santanam, Lakshmi ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON THERAPY; FLATTENING FILTER FREE MODE RADIATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY;

EID: 84884315046     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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