Concepedia

Technological Advancements and Error Rates in Radiation Therapy Delivery

Danielle N. Margalit, Yu‐Hui Chen, Paul J. Catalano, Kenneth Heckman, Todd Vivenzio, Kristopher Nissen, Luciant D. Wolfsberger, Robert A. Cormack, Peter Mauch, Andrea K. Ng

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2011 · 42 citations · 20 references

Concepts

MedicineBiomedical EngineeringRadiation OncologyRadiation DosimetryRadiation SafetyTreatment PlanningExternal Beam RadiotherapyPatient Radiation SafetyRadiation TherapyRadiation Treatment PlanningRadiobiological ConsiderationsTreatment Planning PhysicsBeam Delivery SystemsComputerized Treatment PlanningRadiation Therapy ErrorRadiotherapy Patient SafetyRadiotherapy Quality AssuranceTreatment Delivery AccuracyTreatment Planning Error Detection

References

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To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System

William R. Hendee · Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology · 2001 · 10.2K citations

Engineering, Health Policy, Health Systems +12

Andrew Wall · British Journal of Healthcare Management · 2000 · 5.9K citations

Health Professions, Health Policy, Health Services Administration +8

Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events. Implications for prevention. ADE Prevention Study Group

David W. Bates · JAMA · 1995 · 2.5K citations

Pharmacy, Preventive Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology +14

Incidence of Adverse Drug Events and Potential Adverse Drug Events

David W. Bates · JAMA · 1995 · 2.1K citations

Pharmacy, Preventive Medicine, Patient Safety +15

Task Group 142 report: Quality assurance of medical acceleratorsa)

Eric Klein, Joseph Hanley, John E. Bayouth et al. · Medical Physics · 2009 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Radiology +17