Margins for geometric uncertainty around organs at risk in radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 299-307

  McKenzie, Alan ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^b   Mijnheer, Ben ^b  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geometric uncertainty; Margins; Organs at risk; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036229217     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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