The impact of new technologies on radiation oncology events and trends in the past decade: An institutional experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 925-931

  Hunt, Margie A ^a   Pastrana, Gerri ^a   Amols, Howard I ^a   Killen, Aileen ^a   Alektiar, Kaled ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced radiotherapy technology; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Medical errors; Quality assurance; Record and verify

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED TREATMENTS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MANUAL INTERVENTION; MEDICAL ERRORS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS; RECORD AND VERIFY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL ERROR; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872006858     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.042     Document Type: Article

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