Inclusion of geometric uncertainties in treatment plan evaluation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1407-1422

  Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Remeijer, Peter ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume; Equivalent uniform dose; Geometric uncertainties; Margins; Radiotherapy; Tumor control probability

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME (CTV);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036534905     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02805-X     Document Type: Article

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