Evaluating Target Cold Spots By the use of Tail EUDs

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 880-889

  Bortfeld, Thomas ^a   Craft, David ^a   Dempsey, James F ^b   Halabi, Tarek ^a   Romeijn, H Edwin ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalent uniform dose; IMRT; Optimization; Radiation therapy; Tumor coverage

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSES; MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES; PANCREAS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; TUMOR COVERAGE;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PANCREAS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44449108987     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.01.049     Document Type: Article

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