Time requirements in conformal radiotherapy treatment planning

T Panten; A Höss; J Bohsung; G Becker; G Sroka-Pérez

doi:10.1016/s0167-8140(99)00044-4

Time requirements in conformal radiotherapy treatment planning

Radiother Oncol. 1999 Jun;51(3):211-4. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8140(99)00044-4.

Authors

T Panten¹, A Höss, J Bohsung, G Becker, G Sroka-Pérez

Affiliation

¹ Abteilung für Klinische Radiologie, Radiologische Klinik, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 10435815
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(99)00044-4

Abstract

To investigate the influence of implementing three-dimensional treatment planning on staffing needs, valid questionnaire responses from 22 radiotherapy institutions have been evaluated. Average time requirements per plan rise from 213 to 439 min upon implementation, but with experience decrease to 317 min. No institution reports additional staff positions according to estimated requirements.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Data Collection
Humans
Medical Staff
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / statistics & numerical data*
Radiotherapy, Conformal / methods
Radiotherapy, Conformal / statistics & numerical data*
Time Factors