Cluster models of dose-volume effects

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1491-1504

  Thames, Howard D ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Tucker, Susan L ^a   Liu, H Helen ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume; NTCP; Parallel models; Radiotherapy; Serial models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TISSUE;

DOSE-VOLUME EFFECTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOGRAM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION STERILIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 3242740433     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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