Time requirements in conformal radiotherapy treatment planning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-214

  Panten, Thomas ^a   Höss, Angelika ^b   Bohsung, Jörg ^c   Becker, Gerd ^d   Sroka Pérez, Gabriele ^a  

^a Radiologische Klinik   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Quality assurance; Staffing; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344780776     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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