Published November 2017
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Journal article
A prospective approach of QA in radiation oncology and implementation of AAPM TG 100
Creators
- 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Central West Cancer Care Centre, Orange Hospital, New South Wales (Australia)
Description
Implementation of quality management (QM) system in Radiation Oncology (RO) will improve work efficiency in radiotherapy (RT) and prevent the prospective risk associated in the process. Traditionally, QM in RT has focused on device centric approaches, however, many of the safety and quality issues in RT have been identified as human factors. Therefore, assurance of quality and safety of the department is not only the quality assurance (QA) of the equipment and instruments but also requires implementation of QA programs covering personnel and procedures as a whole
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Medical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 42
- Journal Issue
- suppl.1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 108
- CODEN
- JMPHFE
Conference
- Title
- 17. Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics; 38. annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India
- Acronym
- AOCMP-AMPICON 2017
- Dates
- 4-7 Nov 2017
- Place
- Jaipur (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 49051701
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- HUMAN FACTORS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY
- Descriptors DEC
- DISEASES; DOSES; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY