Data on dose-volume effects in the rat spinal cord do not support existing NTCP models

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 892-900

  Van Luijk, Peter ^a   Bijl, Hendrik P ^b   Konings, Antonius W T ^c   Van der Kogel, Albert J ^d   Schippers, Jacobus M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dose volume effects; Normal tissue complication probability (NTCP); Protons; Spinal cord; White matter necrosis

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROTON BEAMS; TISSUE;

EMPIRICAL TOLERANCE DOSE-VOLUME (ETDV) MODELS; GOODNESS OF FIT; NECROSIS; SPINAL CORD;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SPINAL CORD; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER NECROSIS;

EID: 13844253656     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.10.035     Document Type: Article

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