Planning of radiotherapy capacity and productivity

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 266-270

  Slotman, Ben J ^a   Vos, Pieter H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guidelines equipment; Prediction of capacity; Radiotherapy capacity; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84876053229     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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