Preliminary Retrospective Analysis of Daily Tomotherapy Output Constancy Checks Using Statistical Process Control

Emilio Mezzenga; Vincenzo D’Errico; Anna Sarnelli; Lidia Strigari; Enrico Menghi; Francesco Marcocci; David Bianchini; Marcello Benassi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147936

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Preliminary Retrospective Analysis of Daily Tomotherapy Output Constancy Checks Using Statistical Process Control

Emilio Mezzenga ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio Mezzenga, Vincenzo D’Errico, Anna Sarnelli, Lidia Strigari, Marcello Benassi

* E-mail: emilio.mezzenga@irst.emr.it

Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
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Vincenzo D’Errico ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio Mezzenga, Vincenzo D’Errico, Anna Sarnelli, Lidia Strigari, Marcello Benassi

Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
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Anna Sarnelli ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio Mezzenga, Vincenzo D’Errico, Anna Sarnelli, Lidia Strigari, Marcello Benassi

Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
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Lidia Strigari ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio Mezzenga, Vincenzo D’Errico, Anna Sarnelli, Lidia Strigari, Marcello Benassi

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Physics and Expert Systems, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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Enrico Menghi ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
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Francesco Marcocci ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
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David Bianchini ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
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Marcello Benassi

Contributed equally to this work with: Emilio Mezzenga, Vincenzo D’Errico, Anna Sarnelli, Lidia Strigari, Marcello Benassi

Affiliation Medical Physics Department, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy
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Preliminary Retrospective Analysis of Daily Tomotherapy Output Constancy Checks Using Statistical Process Control

Emilio Mezzenga,
Vincenzo D’Errico,
Anna Sarnelli,
Lidia Strigari,
Enrico Menghi,
Francesco Marcocci,
David Bianchini,
Marcello Benassi

Published: February 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147936

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