Organ/patient geometric variation in external beam radiotherapy and its effects

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 593-602

  Yan, D ^a   Lockman, D ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological dose deviation; Organ patient geometric variation; Physical dose deviation

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL DOSE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; DOSE DEVIATIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GEOMETRIC VARIATIONS; NORMAL STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035045155     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1357224     Document Type: Article

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