Parallel/opposed: IMRT QA using treatment log files is superior to conventional measurement-based method

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-7

  Childress, Nathan ^a   Chen, Quan ^b   Rong, Yi ^c  

^a Mobius Medical Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84922874893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v16i1.5385     Document Type: Article

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