Quality Assurance Issues in Conducting Multi-Institutional Advanced Technology Clinical Trials

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Purdy, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced technology; Clinical trials; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIALS; HETEROGENEITY COMPLIANCE;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOSE CALCULATION; HISTOGRAM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 41749118737     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.2393     Document Type: Article

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