Errors in Radiotherapy: Motivation for Development of New Radiotherapy Quality Assurance Paradigms

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Fraass, Benedick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Errors; Quality assurance; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; REAL TIME IMAGE GUIDED ADAPTIVE THERAPY; TREATMENT MACHINES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALIBRATION; MEDICAL ERRORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 41749105314     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.090     Document Type: Article

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