Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 330-337 , December 2008

Moving from IMRT QA measurements toward independent computer calculations using control charts

  • Todd Pawlicki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, UC San Diego, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Todd Pawlicki, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Dr. #0843, La Jolla, CA 92093-0843, USA.
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  • Sua Yoo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, NC, USA
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  • Laurence E. Court

      Affiliations

    • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, MA, USA
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  • Sharon K. McMillan

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Decatur Memorial Hospital, IL, USA
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  • Roger K. Rice

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, UC San Diego, CA, USA
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  • J. Donald Russell

      Affiliations

    • Community Cancer Center, OR, USA
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  • John M. Pacyniak

      Affiliations

    • Hulston Cancer Center, Cox Health Systems, MO, USA
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  • Milton K. Woo

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Odette Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada
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  • Parminder S. Basran

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Odette Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada
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  • Jason Shoales

      Affiliations

    • Scott & White Memorial Hospital, TX, USA
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  • Arthur L. Boyer

      Affiliations

    • Scott & White Memorial Hospital, TX, USA

Received 5 May 2008 ,Revised 27 June 2008 ,Accepted 6 July 2008.

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PII: S0167-8140(08)00369-1

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.07.002

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 89, Issue 3 , Pages 330-337 , December 2008

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