A system for continual quality improvement of normal tissue delineation for radiation therapy treatment planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Breunig, Jennifer ^a   Hernandez, Sophy ^a   Lin, Jeffrey ^a   Alsager, Stacy ^a   Dumstorf, Christine ^a   Price, Jennifer ^a   Steber, Jennifer ^a   Garza, Richard ^a   Nagda, Suneel ^a   Melian, Edward ^a   Emami, Bahman ^a   Roeske, John C ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contouring; Normal tissue delineation; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CONTOURING; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; HEAD AND NECK; NORMAL TISSUE; OPTIC NERVE; PDCA CYCLES; PENALTY FUNCTION; PLAN DO CHECK ACTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; RE-EVALUATION; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE PROTECTION; GOLD; HISTOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

TISSUE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LENS; MALE; NORMAL TISSUE CONTOUR DELINEATION; ONCOLOGY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND; PLAN DO CHECK ACT CYCLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; SPINAL CORD; THORAX TUMOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863618614     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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