Radiation planning index for dose distribution evaluation in stereotactic radiotherapy

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 182-186

  Ślosarek, Krzysztof ^a   Grzadziel, Aleksandra ^a   Szlag, Marta ^a   Bystrzycka, Joanna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dose distribution comparison; DVH analysis; Quality index; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 58149510586     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(10)60007-7     Document Type: Article

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