Biological optimization of tumor radiosurgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Cappuccio, Antonio ^a   Herrero, Miguel A ^a   Nuñez, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological optimization; Radiosurgery; Tumor processes; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; RADIOSURGERY; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SURVIVING FRACTIONS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPAIR; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 58149121292     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2986141     Document Type: Article

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