The development of a new basic treatment equivalent model to assess linear accelerator throughput

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 311-318

  Delaney, Geoff P ^a,b   Shafiq, B B ^a   Jalaludin, B B ^b,c   Barton, M B ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basic treatment equivalent (BTE); Efficiency; Fraction duration; Productivity; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME;

EID: 21644469563     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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