Animation and radiobiological analysis of 3D motion in conformal radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-49

  MacKay, Ronald I ^a   Graham, Paul A ^a   Moore, Christopher J ^a   Logue, John P ^a   Sharrock, Philip J ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animation; Normal tissue complication probability; Organ movement; Set up error; Tumour control probability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MOTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032880779     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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