On probabilistically defined margins in radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3921-3939

  Papiez, Lech ^a   Langer, Mark ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; DOSIMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; TUMORS;

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM; GAUSSIAN PROPERTIES; IMAGE-GUIDED TECHNIQUES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746796774     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/16/003     Document Type: Article

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