Detection of systematic errors in external radiotherapy before treatment delivery

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-274

  Calandrino, Riccardo ^a   Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^a   Fiorino, Claudio ^a   Longobardi, Barbara ^a   Mangili, Paola ^a   Signorotto, Patrizia ^a  

^a Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human errors; In vivo dosimetry; Monitor unit calculation; Quality assurance; Transfer errors

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030831903     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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