Convolution method and CTV-to-PTV margins for finite fractions and small systematic errors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1967-1990

  Gordon, J J ^a   Siebers, J V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTION EVALUATION; RANDOM ERRORS;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME (CTV); CONVOLUTION METHOD (CM); HERK MARGIN FORMULA (VHMF); PLANNING TARGET VOLUME (PTV);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34247495968     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/7/013     Document Type: Article

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