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I. INTRODUCTION
II. ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS TO START WITH STATISTICAL
PROCESS CONTROL (SPC)
III. STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL IN PRACTICE
IV. CONCLUSION
OUTLINE
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Goal: reaching the target with minimal variation
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Need for a method to monitor and analyze the abundant data in Radiation
Oncology.
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
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Steps to set up a SPC analysis
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The key tools of SPC:
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Capability indicators
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Control charts
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Application to pre-treatment quality controls in IMRT