Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy

ISBN: 9780367577032 出版年：2010 页码：632 CRC Press

Part I Quality Management and Improvement A Perspective on Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy Quality as Viewed and Lived by the Patient Quality Management: An Overview Quality Management: Radiotherapy Development and Operation of a Quality Management Program: Case Study Methodologies for Quality Improvement Lean Thinking and Quality Improvement Process Control and Quality Improvement Access to Care: Perspectives from a Private Healthcare Environment Access to Care: Perspectives from a Public Healthcare Environment The Cost of Quality: Health Technology Assessment The Past, Present, and Future of Quality in Radiotherapy Past, Present, and Future of Quality in Radiotherapy Physics Part II Patient Safety and Managing Error Issues in Patient Safety An Overview of Risk Management Tools for Risk Management Error and Near-Miss Reporting: A View from Europe Error and Near-Miss Reporting: A View from North America The Impact of Cultural Biases on Safety A Primer on High Reliability Organizing Errors in Patient Information Flow Identifying and Reducing Risk A New Paradigm for Quality Management in Radiation Therapy Based on Risk Analysis Risk Analysis and Control for Brachytherapy Part III Methods to Assure and Improve Quality Medical Indicators of Quality: Terminology and Examples Medical Indicators of Quality: Structure, Process, and Outcome The Role of Quality Audits: A View from North America The Role of Quality Audits: A View from the IAEA Peer Review: A Physician's View from Australia Peer Review: A Physicist's View from North America An Overview of Credentialing and Certification An Approach to Radiation Oncology Practice Accreditation Clinical Trials: Credentialing Clinical Trials: Quality Assurance The Vendor's Role in Quality Improvement Part IV People and Quality The Role of Leadership Human Factors Engineering: An Overview Human Factors Engineering: A Radiotherapy Application Human Factors Engineering: A Case Study The Changing Role of the Radiation Oncologist The Changing Role of the Medical Physicist Staffing for Quality: Overview Staffing for Quality: Physics The Role of Training Practical Aspects of Training Part V Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy CT Simulation MRI and MRS Simulation Image Registration, Fusion, and Segmentation 4D Simulation Treatment Planning Systems External Beam Radiotherapy Linear Accelerator: Resource Analysis for Commissioning Linear Accelerator: Implementation and Use Cobalt: Implementation and Use Superficial and Orthovoltage: Implementation and Use Computer-Controlled and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Intensity-Modulated Volumetric Arc Radiotherapy Four-Dimensional Treatment Combined Planning and Delivery Systems Proton Radiotherapy Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy Total Body Irradiation High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Electronic Brachytherapy Technical Guidance Documents Part VI Quality Control: Equipment Dosimetry Equipment and Phantoms Conventional Simulators Computed Tomography, Positron Emission Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Stand-Alone External Beam Treatment Planning Systems Conventional Linear Accelerators Linear Accelerator-Based MV and kV Imaging Systems Elekta Multileaf Collimator Varian Multileaf Collimator Siemens Multileaf Collimator Integrated Systems: Tomotherapy Integrated Systems: GammaKnife Integrated Systems: CyberKnife Stand-Alone Localization Systems: Ultrasound Stand-Alone Localization Systems: Transponder Systems Stand-Alone Localization: Surface Imaging Systems Mobile Electron Beam Intraoperative Radiation Therapy Proton Radiotherapy High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Part VII Quality Control: Patient-Specific External Beam Plan and MU Checks Monte Carlo Patient Setup Motion Management Total Skin Electron Therapy Total Body Irradiation and Intensity-Modulated Total Marrow Irradiation Tomotherapy CyberKnife Multileaf Collimator-Based Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Compensator-Based Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Cranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Proton Radiotherapy High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Brachytherapy with Unsealed Sources Intravascular Brachytherapy