'Optimized' 3-D planning by simple means. An example;'Optimierte' 3-D-planung mit einfachen mitteln. Ein beispiel

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 327-333

  Richter, Susanne ^a   Flentje, Michael ^b   Richter, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asymmetric jaws; Complication probability; Dose volume histogram; Field matching; Three dimensional treatment planning; Treatment techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; JAW TUMOR; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOPLASM; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033928542     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000660050016     Document Type: Article

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