Clinical evaluation of an anatomy-based patient specific quality assurance system

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-190

  Hauri, Pascal ^a   Verlaan, Sarah ^a   Graydon, Shaun ^a   Ahnen, Linda ^a   Klöck, Stephan ^a   Lang, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DVH based QA; Patient specific quality assurance; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896338863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v15i2.4647     Document Type: Article

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