Present and future of the clinical use of radiobiological models in radiation therapy treatment planning

Physica Medica

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 34-38

  Niemierko, Andrzej ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; NTCP; TCP

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031432596     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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