Methods for transferring patient and plan data between radiotherapy treatment planning systems

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue JULY, 1997, Pages 740-749

  Bedford, J L ^a,c   Oldham, M ^a   Hoess, A ^a   Evans, P M ^b   Shentall, G S ^b   Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT INFORMATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030857417     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.835.9245886     Document Type: Article

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