Treatment plan evaluation using dose-volume histogram (DVH) and spatial dose-volume histogram (zDVH)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1143-1150

  Cheng, Chee Wai ^a   Das, Indra J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume histogram; Three dimensional treatment planning; Treatment plan evaluation; Z dependent dose volume histogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HISTOGRAM; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032912871     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00492-1     Document Type: Article

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