The Development of a New Basic Treatment Equivalent Model to Assess Linear Accelerator Throughput Export

@article{citeulike:3477915, abstract = {The basic treatment equivalent (BTE) model was developed in 1996 in an attempt to improve the measurement of linear accelerator throughput in radiotherapy. This study aimed to assess the effect of treatment set-up and patient characteristics on fraction duration, to update the BTE model and to determine the better throughput measure between fields per hour and BTE per hour. Stopwatch measurements of the duration of each radiotherapy treatment fraction delivered on each linear accelerator in participating New South Wales radiation oncology departments over a 5-day period in 2003 were undertaken. Patient, equipment and staff data were collected to assess the effect of these variables on fraction duration. A new BTE equation was derived, including the most significant variables. Statistical comparison of fields and BTE per unit time was made to assess the better predictor of fraction duration. The BTE model is a better measure of linear accelerator throughput. It incorporates weightings for treatment and patient factors that significantly influenced fraction duration. This measure could be routinely collected by the radiation oncology departments and included in the electronic radiotherapy information systems.}, author = {Delaney, G. and Shafiq, R. and Jalaludin, B. and Barton, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3477915}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2005.02.016}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0936655505001470}, doi = {10.1016/j.clon.2005.02.016}, issn = {09366555}, journal = {Clinical Oncology}, keywords = {bte, model, phd}, month = {August}, number = {5}, pages = {311--318}, posted-at = {2008-11-04 08:47:01}, priority = {2}, title = {The Development of a New Basic Treatment Equivalent Model to Assess Linear Accelerator Throughput}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2005.02.016}, volume = {17}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3477915 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3477915 N2 - The basic treatment equivalent (BTE) model was developed in 1996 in an attempt to improve the measurement of linear accelerator throughput in radiotherapy. This study aimed to assess the effect of treatment set-up and patient characteristics on fraction duration, to update the BTE model and to determine the better throughput measure between fields per hour and BTE per hour. Stopwatch measurements of the duration of each radiotherapy treatment fraction delivered on each linear accelerator in participating New South Wales radiation oncology departments over a 5-day period in 2003 were undertaken. Patient, equipment and staff data were collected to assess the effect of these variables on fraction duration. A new BTE equation was derived, including the most significant variables. Statistical comparison of fields and BTE per unit time was made to assess the better predictor of fraction duration. The BTE model is a better measure of linear accelerator throughput. It incorporates weightings for treatment and patient factors that significantly influenced fraction duration. This measure could be routinely collected by the radiation oncology departments and included in the electronic radiotherapy information systems. IS - 5 JF - Clinical Oncology SN - 09366555 EP - 318 TI - The Development of a New Basic Treatment Equivalent Model to Assess Linear Accelerator Throughput VL - 17 SP - 311 KW - bte KW - model KW - phd AU - Delaney, G AU - Shafiq, R AU - Jalaludin, B AU - Barton, M PY - 2005/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2005.02.016 ER -