Design of and technical challenges involved in a framework for multicentric radiotherapy treatment planning studies

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 567-571

  Roelofs, Erik ^a   Persoon, Lucas ^a   Qamhiyeh, Sima ^a,i   Verhaegen, Frank ^a,b   De Ruysscher, Dirk ^a   Scholz, Michael ^c   Iancu, Gheorghe ^c   Engelsman, Martijn ^d   Rasch, Coen ^e   Zijp, Lambert ^e   Meerleer, Gert De ^f   Coghe, Marc ^f   Langendijk, Johannes ^g   Schilstra, Cornelis ^g   Pijls Johannesma, Madelon ^a,h   Lambin, Philippe ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRO CLINIC   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Data pooling; In silico; Multicentric; Public repositories; Quality assurance; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning studies

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78651495093     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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