Clinical implementation and efficiency of kilovoltage image-guided radiation therapy

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-44

  Fox, Timothy H ^a   Elder, Eric S ^a   Crocker, Ian R ^a   Davis, Lawrence W ^a   Landry, Jerome C ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical efficiency; Image guided therapy; Radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GEORGIA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29944433227     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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