A Swiss cheese error detection method for real-time EPID-based quality assurance and error prevention.

Passarge, Michelle; Fix, Michael K; Manser, Peter; Stampanoni, Marco F M; Siebers, Jeffrey V

Passarge, Michelle; Fix, Michael K; Manser, Peter; Stampanoni, Marco F M; Siebers, Jeffrey V.

Affiliation

Passarge M; Division of Medical Radiation Physics and Department of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Berne, 3010, Switzerland.
Fix MK; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, 22908, Virginia, USA.
Manser P; Division of Medical Radiation Physics and Department of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Berne, 3010, Switzerland.
Stampanoni MF; Division of Medical Radiation Physics and Department of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Berne, 3010, Switzerland.
Siebers JV; Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, 8092, Switzerland.

Med Phys ; 44(4): 1212-1223, 2017 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28134989

Subject(s)

Electrical Equipment and Supplies; Medical Errors; Quality Assurance, Health Care/methods; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated/instrumentation; Humans; Medical Errors/prevention & control; Phantoms, Imaging; Radiotherapy Dosage; Time Factors

Key words

EPID; VMAT; error detection; real-time quality assurance; treatment verification

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality Assurance, Health Care / Medical Errors / Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Electrical Equipment and Supplies Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Med Phys Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland Country of publication: United States

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