Spatial information on dose distribution using multisectional dose-volume histograms

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-22

  Datta, Niloy Ranjan ^a   Maria Das, K J ^a   Balasubramanium, R ^a   Ayyagari, S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; Multisectional planning; Optimization; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030099577     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0958-3947(95)02057-8     Document Type: Article

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