London – The paper by Mariarosa Giardina, Francesco Castiglia and Elio Tomarchio (from the Department of Energy, Engineering and Mathematical Models within the University of Palermo) is called “Risk assessment of component failure modes and human errors using a new FMECA approach: application in the safety analysis of HDR brachytherapy.” The Editorial Board of the prestigious Journal of Radiological Protection has judged it among the top ten articles published in 2014. The award-winning article describes an innovative approach for the assessment and elimination of possible error sources in radiation treatment of tumors with brachytherapie techniques, in order to optimize the dose ratio target / healthy tissue to the benefit of cancer patients undergoing therapy. (9Colonne)
