Planning target volumes for radiotherapy: How much margin is needed?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1165-1170

  Antolak, John A ^a   Rosen, Isaac I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume; Planning target volume; Treatment margins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0032776206     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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