Series model volume effects in a population of non-identical patients: How low is low?

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1815-1834

  Fenwick, John D ^a,b   Nahum, Alan E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

VOLUME EFFECTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; TISSUE INJURY; TUMOR;

EID: 0034925364     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/7/306     Document Type: Article

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