title: Quality assurance procedures in radiotherapy. Economic criteria to support decision making.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Services Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kesteloot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dutreix
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van der Schueren
mesh_terms: 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