Radiobiological models of tissue response to radiation in treatment planning systems

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Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-143

  Niemierko, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological models; Dose volume histogram; Radiotherapy; Tumor control probability

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031748703     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400208     Document Type: Review

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