Quality assurance procedures in radiotherapy. Economic criteria to support decision making.
This paper details the costs of two types of quality assurance activities in radiotherapy: in vivo dosimetry, intended to check the delivered dose, and portal imaging to check the treated volume. For both activities, either on-line or off-line techniques may be used. Describing the costs allows the calculation of which techniques are most cost-efficient for different radiotherapy departments.
Kesteloot
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Center for Health Services Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Dutreix
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van der Schueren
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D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity