A survey of image-guided radiation therapy use in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3953-3960

  Simpson, Daniel R ^a   Lawson, Joshua D ^a   Nath, Sameer K ^a   Rose, Brent S ^a   Mundt, Arno J ^a   Mell, Loren K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiation therapy; In room; Radiation oncology; Setup; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FAX; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERNET; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; VIDEODENSITOMETRY; VOLUMETRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956808321     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25129     Document Type: Article

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