Exploration of tradeoffs in intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5857-5868

  Craft, David ^a   Halabi, Tarek ^a   Bortfeld, Thomas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; TUMORS;

LUNG TISSUES; PARETO SURFACES; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; TUMOR WRAPS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DOSE CALCULATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 29144455357     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/24/007     Document Type: Article

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