Limitations of a convolution method for modeling geometric uncertainties in radiation therapy. II. The effect of a finite number of fractions

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2012-2020

  Craig, Tim ^a,b   Battista, Jerry ^a   Van Dyk, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convolution; Finite treatment fractions; Geometric uncertainty; Patient repositioning; Radiation therapy planning

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; GEOMETRY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

CONVOLUTION METHODS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FINITE TREATMENT FRACTIONS; GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; PATIENT REPOSITIONING; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY;

CONVOLUTION;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0041888229     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1589493     Document Type: Article

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