Selective boosting of tumor subvolumes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 593-599

  Tomé, Wolfgang A ^a,b   Fowler, Jack F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Human Oncology K4/B100 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boosting; Gamma 50; Inhomogeneity; Modeling; Non uniform doses; TCD50; TCP

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LINEAR MODELS; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 0034267722     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00666-0     Document Type: Article

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