The effect of set-up uncertainties, contour changes, and tissue inhomogeneities on target dose-volume histograms

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2305-2318

  Cho, B C John ^a,b   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Bartelink, Harry ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; Interpolation; Set up uncertainty; Tissue inhomogeneity; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; INTERPOLATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

B-SPLINE INTERPOLATIONS; DISPLACEMENT ERRORS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES; SET-UP UNCERTAINTY; TISSUE INHOMOGENEITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

TISSUE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036800554     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1508800     Document Type: Article

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