Decomposition analysis of differential dose volume histograms

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-307

  Van Den Heuvel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TUMORS; WATER TREATMENT;

CLINICAL SITUATIONS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT; SIMULATED DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PARAMETER;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAM; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 31844440701     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2147742     Document Type: Article

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