Normal tissue dose-effect models in biological dose optimisation

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-110

  Alber, Markus ^a  

^a Sektion für Biomedizinische Physik Uniklinik für Radioonkologie Tübingen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological optimisation; IMRT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44449132187     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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