The sensitivity of gamma-index method to the positioning errors of high-definition MLC in patient-specific VMAT QA for SBRT

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Jung in ^a,b,c   Park, So Yeon ^a,b   Kim, Hak J ^a,b   Kim, Jin H ^a,b   Ye, Sung Joon ^a,b,c   Park, Jong M ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dose volumetric indicator; Gamma index method; High definition multi leaf collimator; Patient specific quality assurance; Stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ESOPHAGUS; GAMMA INDEX; HEART; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; RIB; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TRACHEA; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICES; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL ERROR; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SECONDARY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; STANDARDS; ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLASS IN; CLASS OUT; CLASS SHIFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLATTENING FILTER FREE; GAMMA INDEX METHOD; HISTOGRAM; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE METASTASIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; ROC CURVE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84904785092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-9-167     Document Type: Article

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