Target margins for random geometrical treatment uncertainties in conformal radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1537-1545

  Bel, A ^a,b   Van Herk, M ^a   Lebesque, J V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3 D treatment planning; geometrical treatment uncertainties; morphological image processing; target margins

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; EROSION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; CONVOLUTION COMPUTATIONS; GEOMETRICAL TREATMENT UNCERTAINTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; TARGET MARGINS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ROTATION;

ARTICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029810297     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597745     Document Type: Article

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