A single plan approach for differentially dosing sequential target volumes

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-281

  Marsh, LON H ^a   Haken, Randall K Ten ^a   Sandler, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; Astrocytoma; Dose escalation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031417831     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(97)00109-X     Document Type: Article

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