Extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy: Evaluation of PTV coverage and dose conformity

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 221-229

  Hädinger, Ulrich ^a   Thiele, Wibke ^a   Wulf, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformation number; Extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy; Radiation conformity index; Stereotactic Body Frame; Target coverage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036927467     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-3889(15)70476-9     Document Type: Article

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