Sensitivity of NTCP parameter values against a change of dose calculation algorithm

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3579-3586

  Brink, Carsten ^a   Berg, Martin ^b   Nielsen, Morten ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Breast; Collapsed cone; NTCP; Pencil beam; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREAST; COLLAPSED CONES; NTCP; PENCIL BEAM; SENSITIVITY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34548301697     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2767983     Document Type: Article

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