Considerations for the implementation of target volume protocols in radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 241-250

  Craig, Tim ^a   Battista, Jerry ^a   Moiseenko, Vitali ^a   Van Dyk, Jake ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometric uncertainty; Margins; Organ motion; Patient repositioning; Planning target volume

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; IMMOBILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOVEMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0035173839     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01354-7     Document Type: Article

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