Over the foreseeable future, the growth in technical complexity of radiation therapy will continue to drive the demand for more medical physicists

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2939-2941

  Huq, M Saiful ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sohn, Jason W ^b,g,h   Hendee, William R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Calibration Lab Accreditation S   (United States)

^f AAPM   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h AAPM Committees ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY;

AUTOMATION; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PHYSICS; MANPOWER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOTE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORK;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PHYSICS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9244262999     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1809644     Document Type: Review

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