Multicenter analysis of treatment planning information: Technical requirements, possible applications and a proposal

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-352

  Ebert, M A ^a,b   Blight, J ^c   Price, S ^c   Haworth, A ^c,d   Hamilton, C ^a   Cornes, D ^a   Joseph, D J ^c,d  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine; Radiation Therapy Oncology Group; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning; Trials

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TEACHING; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 7044224901     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01291.x     Document Type: Review

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