title: Naming convention for radiation therapy treatment fields.
abstract: We have implemented in our clinic a practical naming convention for radiation therapy treatment fields. In this convention, each treatment field is given a standardized code name that denotes its beam orientation, anatomical site, and treatment phase with up to seven characters. This practice reduces the confusion in patient charting and computer record keeping that can exist when multiple names are given to the same field.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Oncology Department, Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA 94904.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Petitt
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011878:Radiotherapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic