Daily quality assurance phantom for ultrasound image guided radiation therapy
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Daily quality assurance phantom for ultrasound image guided radiation therapy
A simple phantom was designed, constructed, tested, and clinically implemented for daily quality assurance (QA) of an ultrasound-image-guided radiation therapy (US-IGRT) system, the Restitu Ultrasound system (Resonant Medical, Montreal, QC). The phantom consists of a high signal echogenic background gel surrounding a low signal hypoechoic egg-shaped target. Daily QA checks involve ultrasound im...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1526-9914
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i3.2467