Increasing the work speed of radiographers: The effect on the accuracy of a set-up of a complex shaped cranial field, part of a matched cranio spinal junction

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-245

  Probst, Heidi ^a   Griffiths, Sue ^a  

^a United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Portal films; Set up; Treatment costs; Workloads

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SKULL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029877712     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(96)01710-0     Document Type: Article

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