Influence of dose calculation model on treatment plan evaluation in conformal radiotherapy: A three-case study

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-57

  Miften, Moyed M ^a   Beavis, Andrew W ^b   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Dose algorithms; DVH; NTCP; TCP

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; EVALUATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOGRAM; LUNG TUMOR; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036224126     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(02)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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