Implementation of a software for REmote COMparison of PARticlE and photon treatment plans: ReCompare

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 287-294

  Löck, Steffen ^a   Roth, Klaus ^a   Skripcak, Tomas ^b   Worbs, Mario ^a   Helmbrecht, Stephan ^a,c   Jakobi, Annika ^a   Just, Uwe ^d   Krause, Mechthild ^a,b,c,d   Baumann, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Enghardt, Wolfgang ^a,b,c,d   Lühr, Armin ^a,b  

^a Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support; Particle therapy; Patient selection; Radiotherapy; Treatment plan comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL SECURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET PROTOCOL; LOCAL AREA NETWORK; PARTICLE RADIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKFLOW; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERNET; PHOTON; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ALGORITHMS; INTERNET; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 84941022006     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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