Assessing the quality of conformal treatment planning: A new tool for quantitative comparison

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5363-5375

  Menhel, J ^a   Levin, D ^a   Alezra, D ^a   Symon, Z ^a   Pfeffer, R ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRITICAL ORGAN SCORING INDEX (COSI); GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION; TISSUE OVERDOSE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; HEALTH RISKS; PLANNING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRITICAL ORGAN SCORING INDEX; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXILLA SINUS TUMOR; MEASUREMENT; MENINGIOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 33749647729     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/20/019     Document Type: Article

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