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Title Informatics in radiation oncology / edited by George Starkschall, R. Alfredo C. Siochi
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Imaging in medical diagnosis and therapy
Imaging in medical diagnosis and therapy.
Contents Section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Information and the radiation oncology process -- section 3. Informatics for teaching and research -- section 4. Imaging informatics -- section 5. Informatics for treatment planning, delivery, and assessment -- section 6. Outcomes modeling and quality assurance informatics
Summary "A complete overview of the subject, this book discusses the role of information in the process of radiation oncology, acquisition, communication, and display of data; infrastructure requirements; and the use of data in clinical evaluation and research. It describes essential informatics tools, including various imaging techniques and image management systems, treatment planning systems, radiation oncology management systems, and the electronic medical record. Expert contributors explain how to obtain imaging and other diagnostic information as well as treatment prescriptions, treatment setup and delivery data, and outcome reviews"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Medical informatics.
Cancer -- Radiotherapy.
Medicine -- Data processing.
Medical Informatics
Neoplasms -- radiotherapy
Medical Informatics Applications
Radiation Oncology
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Medicine -- Data processing
Cancer -- Radiotherapy
Medical informatics
Form Electronic book
Author Starkschall, George, editor
Siochi, R. Alfredo C. (Ramon Alfredo Carvalho), editor.
ISBN 9781439825839
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9781439825822
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