Discrepancies in volume calculations between different radiotherapy treatment planning systems.

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-93

  Ackerly, Trevor ^a   Andrews, J ^a   Ball, D ^a   Guerrieri, M ^a   Healy, B ^b   Williams, I ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; DVH; Radiotherapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXTRAPOLATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

HISTOGRAMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0043133842     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03178465     Document Type: Article

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