The impact of inter-fraction dose variations on biological equivalent dose (BED): The concept of equivalent constant dose

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 5333-5345

  Zavgorodni, S ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVE CONSTANT DOSE (BECD); BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVE DOSE (BED); EQUIVALENT CONSTANT DOSE (ECD); INTER-FRACTION DOSE VARIATIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 11044233902     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/23/010     Document Type: Article

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