A Novel Method for the Evaluation of Uncertainty in Dose-Volume Histogram Computation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1263-1271

  Henríquez, Francisco Cutanda ^a   Castrillón, Silvia Vargas ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose distribution; Dose uncertainty; Dose volume histogram; Probability distribution; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE UNCERTAINTY; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS (DVHS); TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD; UNCERTAINTY; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 39749153112     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.038     Document Type: Article

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