An independent check of treatment plan, prescription and dose calculation as a QA procedure

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-301

  Duggan, Lisa ^a   Kron, Tomas ^a   Howlett, Stephen ^a   Skov, Annette ^a   O'Brien, Peter ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

errors; planning; quality assurance; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030963345     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01906-3     Document Type: Article

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