The influence of lateral electronic disequilibrium on the radiation treatment planning for lung cancer irradiation

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Fu, Weihua ^a   Dai, Jianrong ^a   Hu, Yimin ^a  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Collapsed cone algorithm; Lateral electronic disequilibrium; Pencil beam algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAM (DVH); ELECTRONIC DISEQUILIBRIUM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842268576     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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