Detailed review and analysis of complex radiotherapy clinical trial planning data: Evaluation and initial experience with the SWAN software system

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 200-210

  Ebert, Martin A ^a,b   Haworth, Annette ^c,d   Kearvell, Rachel ^a   Hooton, Ben ^a   Coleman, Rhonda ^a   Spry, Nigel ^a,e   Bydder, Sean ^a,e   Joseph, David ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e School of Medicine and Pharmacology

Author keywords

3D review; Clinical trials; Radiation therapy; Software; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOANALYSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 39149132529     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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