A general tumour control probability model for non-uniform dose distributions

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-184

  González, Sara J ^a   Carando, Daniel G ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Equivalent uniform dose; Non uniform dose distribution; Tumor control probability

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; NON-UNIFORM; NON-UNIFORM DOSE DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL TISSUE; PROBABILITY MODELLING; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANS; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY;

TUMORS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EID: 45749125230     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqn012     Document Type: Article

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