Modeling normal tissue complication probability from repetitive computed tomography scans during fractionated high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy of the uterine cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 963-971

  Dale, Einar ^a   Hellebust, Taran Paulsen ^a   Skjønsberg, Ane ^a   Høgberg, Tomas ^a   Olsen, Dag R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b University of Oslos   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the uterine cervix; Dose volume histogram; External beam radiotherapy; High dose rate brachytherapy; Normal tissue complication probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM DISEASE; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034237690     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00510-1     Document Type: Article

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