Margins for treatment planning of proton therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1491-1501

  Thomas, Simon J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHARGED PARTICLES; ERROR ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; PROTONS;

ISODOSES; PROTON THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644686804     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/6/009     Document Type: Article

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