Inclusion of geometrical uncertainties in radiotherapy treatment planning by means of coverage probability

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 905-919

  Stroom, Joep C ^a   De Boer, Hans C J ^a   Huizenga, Henk ^b   Visser, Andries G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Coverage probability; Organ motion; PTV margin; Setup deviation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033041247     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00468-4     Document Type: Article

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