Dose-wall histograms and normalized dose-surface histograms for the rectum: A new method to analyze the dose distribution over the rectum in conformal radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1073-1080

  Meijer, Gert J ^a   Van Den Brink, Mandy ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a   Meinders, Jan ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Dose surface histogram; Prostate cancer; Rectal complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032741779     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00270-9     Document Type: Article

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