A free software for the evaluation and comparison of dose response models in clinical radiotherapy (DORES)

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-237

  Tsougos, Ioannis ^a   Grout, Ioannis ^a   Theodorou, Kyriaki ^a   Kappas, Constantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Prediction of normal tissue effect; Radiobiological modelling; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; EVALUATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MODEL; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67449098454     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000902748567     Document Type: Article

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