Quality assurance by systematic in vivo dosimetry: Results on a large cohort of patients

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-95

  Fiorino, Claudio ^a   Corletto, Daniela ^a   Mangili, Paola ^a   Broggi, Sara ^a   Bonini, Antonio ^b   Cattaneo, Giovanni Mauro ^a   Parisi, Rossella ^a   Rosso, Alberto ^b   Signorotto, Patrizia ^a   Villa, Eugenio ^b   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Radiochemioterapia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors in radiotherapy; In vivo dosimetry; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SPINE CANCER; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0034237747     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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