Quality assurance of a record-and-verify system.

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Published in Tumori on October 27, 2009

Authors

Barbara Baiotto1, Christian Bracco, Sara Bresciani, Antonella Mastantuoni, Pietro Gabriele, Michele Stasi

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Physics Department, Institute for Cancer Treatment and Research, Strada Provinciale 142 km. 3.95, 10060 Candiolo (Turin), Italy. barbara.baiotto@ircc.it

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