The linear-quadratic model and most other common radiobiological models result in similar predictions of time-dose relationships

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-91

  Brenner, D J ^a   Hlatky, L R ^b   Hahnfeldt, P J ^b   Huang, Y ^a   Sachs, R K ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031803003     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579648     Document Type: Article

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