Characterization of dose distributions through the max and mean dose concept

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 158-161

  Thieke, Christian ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas ^a   Küfer, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; RADIOTHERAPY; VOLUME FRACTION;

EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE (EUD);

ONCOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036262758     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418602753669535     Document Type: Article

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