{A figure is presented}The Impact of Advanced Technologies on Treatment Deviations in Radiation Treatment Delivery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1579-1586

  Marks, Lawrence B ^a   Light, Kim L ^a   Hubbs, Jessica L ^a   Georgas, Debra L ^a   Jones, Ellen L ^a   Wright, Melanie C ^a   Willett, Christopher G ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviations; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy; Technology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DRUG DELIVERY; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DEVIATION RATES; TREATMENT DEVIATIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARD;

HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 36148998363     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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