Basic Treatment Equivalent (BTE): A new measure of linear accelerator workload

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 234-239

  Delaney, G P ^a,d   Gebski, V ^a,b   Lunn, A D ^b,c   Lunn, M ^b,c   Rus, M ^a   Manderson, C ^a   Langlands, A O ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fields; Productivity; Radiation oncology; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030759122     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(97)80007-6     Document Type: Article

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