Generalization of a model of tissue response to radiation based on the idea of functional subunits and binomial statistics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1501-1518

  Stavrev, P ^a   Stavreva, N ^a   Niemierko, A ^a   Goitein, M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

POPULATION RESPONSES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ORGAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICS; TISSUE REACTION; TUMOR;

EID: 0035023442     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/5/312     Document Type: Article

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