Radiation Medicine Practice in the Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Era: New Roles and New Opportunities

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-305

  White, Elizabeth ^a   Kane, Gabrielle ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34548812329     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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