Current External Beam Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Guidance: Does It Meet the Challenges of Emerging Image-Guided Technologies?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Palta, Jatinder R ^a   Liu, Chihray ^a   Li, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Quality assurance; Quality standards

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS ANALYSIS METHODS; QUALITY STANDARDS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DEVICE; DOCUMENTATION; IMAGING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

MEDICAL ERRORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 41749119894     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.084     Document Type: Article

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