Dose-Volume Effects in Rat Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord: The Effects of Nonuniform Dose Distribution

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 204-213

  Philippens, Mariëlle E P ^a   Pop, Lucas A M ^a   Visser, Andries G ^a   van der Kogel, Albert J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose volume effects; Nonuniform dose distribution; Normal tissue complication probability; Spinal cord; White matter necrosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PROBABILITY;

DOSE-VOLUME EFFECTS; NONUNIFORM DOSE DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; SPINAL CORDS; WHITE MATTER NECROSIS;

DOSIMETRY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECROSIS; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34547850172     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.027     Document Type: Article

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