Probabilistic fault tree analysis of a radiation treatment system

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1395-1410

  Ekaette, Edidiong ^a   Lee, Robert C ^a,b,e   Cooke, David L ^a,c   Iftody, Sandra ^d   Craighead, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert elicitation; Fault trees; Probabilistic risk analysis; Radiation treatment

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ANALYSIS;

CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS; EXPERT ELICITATION; FAULT TREES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; RADIATION MISADMINISTRATION; RADIATION TREATMENT SYSTEMS; SUBJECTIVE PROBABILITIES;

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS;

CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOCUMENTATION; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALBERTA; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37249077545     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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