Geometrical uncertainties, radiotherapy planning margins, and the ICRU-62 report

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-83

  Stroom, Joep C ^a,b   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geometrical uncertainties; International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements; Margins; Planning target volume; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036661305     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00140-8     Document Type: Article

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