A method of computerised evaluation of CT based treatment plans in external radiotherapy;Eine methode zur automatisierten bewertung von CT-basierten bestrahlungsplänen in der perkutanen strahlentherapie

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-239

  Heufelder, Jens ^c   Zink, Klemens ^d   Scholz, Martin ^e   Kramer, Klaus Dieter ^b   Welker, Klaus ^a  

^a Klinik für Strahlentherapie   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms(DVH); Evaluation index; TCP NTCP; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0346964513     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00175     Document Type: Article

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