The big data effort in radiation oncology: Data mining or data farming?

Although large volumes of information are entered into our electronic health care records, radiation oncology information systems and treatment planning systems on a daily basis, the goal of extracting and using this big data has been slow to emerge. Development of strategies to meet this goal is ai...

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Main Authors: Charles S. Mayo, PhD, Marc L. Kessler, PhD, Avraham Eisbruch, MD, Grant Weyburne, BS, Mary Feng, MD, James A. Hayman, MD, Shruti Jolly, MD, Issam El Naqa, PhD, Jean M. Moran, PhD, Martha M. Matuszak, PhD, Carlos J. Anderson, PhD, Lynn P. Holevinski, BS, Daniel L. McShan, PhD, Sue M. Merkel, MSA RT(R)(T), Sherry L. Machnak, MBA RT(T), Theodore S. Lawrence, MD PhD, Randall K. Ten Haken, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109416300550