Bed-time charts and their application to the problems of interruptions in external beam radiotherapy treatments

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-389

  Sinclair, Judith A ^a   Oates, Jason P ^a   Dale, Roger G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BED time charts; Interrupted radiotherapy; Iso effect compensation; Linear quadratic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; LINEAR MODELS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032949294     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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