Target volume uncertainty and a method to visualize its effect on the target dose prescription

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1580-1588

  McCormick, Traci ^a   Dink, Delal ^b   Orcun, Seza ^b   Pekny, Joseph ^b,d   Rardin, Ron ^c   Baxter, Larry ^d   Thai, Van ^a   Langer, Mark ^a,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^d Advanced Process Combinatorics   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contouring; Mathematical programming; Radiotherapy; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DOSE PRESCRIPTION; TUMOR DOSES;

DISEASE CONTROL; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TARGET ORGAN;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 10044256494     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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