A varian dynalog file-based procedure for patient dose-volume histogram-based IMRT QA

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 100-109

  Calvo Ortega, Juan F ^a   Teke, Tony ^b   Moragues, Sandra ^a   Pozo, Miquel ^a   Casals, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DVH; Dynalog; IMRT; QA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896348488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v15i2.4665     Document Type: Article

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