Variation in external beam treatment plan quality: An inter-institutional study of planners and planning systems

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-305

  Nelms, Benjamin E ^a,b   Robinson, Greg ^c   Markham, Jay ^c   Velasco, Kyle ^c   Boyd, Steve ^c   Narayan, Sharath ^c   Wheeler, James ^d   Sobczak, Mark L ^e  

^a Canis Lupus LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Radiation Oncology Resources   (United States)

^d Goshen Health System   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERTIFICATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84866503813     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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