Implementation of a lung radiosurgery program: Technical considerations and quality assurance in an Australian institution

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-361

  Siva, Shankar ^a   Chesson, Brent ^a   Aarons, Yolanda ^a   Clements, Natalie ^a   Kron, Tomas ^a   MacManus, Michael ^a   Ball, David ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delivery; Lung; Quality; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic; Technical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FILM; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 84862570433     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02367.x     Document Type: Article

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