Radiobiological modelling of dose-gradient effects in low dose rate, high dose rate and pulsed brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4399-4411

  Armpilia, C ^a   Dale, R G ^b   Sandilos, P ^a   Vlachos, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSE (BED); DOSE GRADIENT EFFECTS; DOSE RATE; MULTIPLYING FACTORS (MF); RADIOBIOLOGICAL MODELLING;

CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 33747596916     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/17/018     Document Type: Article

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