Influence of calculation algorithm on dose distribution in irradiation of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Collapsed cone versus pencil beam

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 783-788

  Koelbl, Oliver ^a,b   Krieger, Thomas ^a   Haedinger, Ulrich ^a   Sauer, Otto ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calculation algorithms; Collapsed cone algorithm; Lung cancer; Pencil beam algorithm; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11944272314     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-004-1268-4     Document Type: Article

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