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Automating linear accelerator quality assurance

dc.contributor.authorEckhause, Tobias
dc.contributor.authorAl‐hallaq, Hania
dc.contributor.authorRitter, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorDeMarco, John
dc.contributor.authorFarrey, Karl
dc.contributor.authorPawlicki, Todd
dc.contributor.authorKim, Gwe‐ya
dc.contributor.authorPopple, Richard
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Vijeshwar
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Mario
dc.contributor.authorPark, SungYong
dc.contributor.authorBooth, Jeremy T.
dc.contributor.authorThorwarth, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorMoran, Jean M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:49:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:49:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.identifier.citationEckhause, Tobias; Al‐hallaq, Hania ; Ritter, Timothy; DeMarco, John; Farrey, Karl; Pawlicki, Todd; Kim, Gwe‐ya ; Popple, Richard; Sharma, Vijeshwar; Perez, Mario; Park, SungYong; Booth, Jeremy T.; Thorwarth, Ryan; Moran, Jean M. (2015). "Automating linear accelerator quality assurance." Medical Physics 42(10): 6074-6083.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/135049
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.subject.otherEPID
dc.subject.otherbiomedical imaging
dc.subject.othercollimators
dc.subject.otherlinear accelerators
dc.subject.otherquality assurance
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.otherQuality assurance equipment
dc.subject.otherCollimators
dc.subject.otherAccelerators
dc.subject.otherQuality assurance in radiotherapy
dc.subject.otherOptimization
dc.subject.otherRadiation therapy
dc.subject.otherBiological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
dc.subject.otherUsing diaphragms, collimators
dc.subject.otherLinear accelerators
dc.subject.otherquality assurance
dc.subject.otherlinear accelerator
dc.subject.othermultileaf collimator
dc.subject.otherquality control
dc.subject.otherLinear accelerators
dc.subject.otherImage guided radiation therapy
dc.subject.otherMedical imaging
dc.subject.otherMultileaf collimators
dc.subject.otherImage analysis
dc.subject.otherCollimators
dc.subject.otherIntensity modulated radiation therapy
dc.subject.otherComputer software
dc.subject.otherQuality assurance
dc.subject.otherData analysis
dc.titleAutomating linear accelerator quality assurance
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109â 5010
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109â 5010
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
dc.contributor.affiliationotherAnn Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cedarsâ Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90048
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology and Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUCSD Medical Center, La Jolla, California 92093
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249
dc.contributor.affiliationotherKarmanos Cancer Institute, McLarenâ Flint, Flint, Michigan 48532
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRoyal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia
dc.contributor.affiliationotherKarmanos Cancer Institute, McLarenâ Flint, Flint, Michigan 48532
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRoyal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/135049/1/mp1415.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.4931415
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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