The probability of correct target dosage: Dose-population histograms for deriving treatment margins in radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1121-1135

  Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Remeijer, Peter ^a   Rasch, Coen ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delineation variation; Margins; Organ motion; Radiotherapy; Setup error

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034237797     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00518-6     Document Type: Article

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