Dose-volume effects in rat thoracolumbar spinal cord: An evaluation of NTCP models

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 578-590

  Philippens, Marielle E P ^a   Pop, Lucas A M ^a   Visser, Andries G ^a   Schellekens, Suzanne A M W ^a   Van Der Kogel, Albert J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose volume effect; NTCP modeling; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION; NORMAL-TISSUE-COMPLICATION PROBABILITY (NTCP); RAT THORACOLUMBAR SPINAL CORD;

DRUG DOSAGE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 4544316279     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.05.029     Document Type: Article

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