A novel dose uncertainty model and its application for dose verification

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1747-1756

  Jin, Hosang ^a   Chung, Heetaek ^a   Liu, Chihray ^a   Palta, Jatinder ^a   Suh, Tae Suk ^b   Kim, Siyong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dose distribution verification; Dose gradient; Dose uncertainty; Intensity modulated radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; STATISTICS; TESTING;

COMPOSITE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSE UNCERTAINTIES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 21144438535     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1924329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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