Performance of different radiotherapy workload models

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1143-1149

  Barbera, Lisa ^a   Jackson, Lynda D ^a   Schulze, Karleen ^a   Groome, Patti A ^a   Foroudi, Farshad ^a   Delaney, Geoff P ^b   Mackillop, William J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administration; Efficiency; Radiotherapy; Workload

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY WORKLOAD MODELS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MODEL; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037443374     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04400-0     Document Type: Article

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