The minimum knowledge base for predicting organ-at-risk dose-volume levels and plan-related complications in IMRT planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1935-1947

  Zhang, Hao H ^a   Meyer, Robert R ^b   Shi, Leyuan ^c   D'Souza, Warren D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DOSE-VOLUME; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEAD AND NECK; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RELATIVE ERRORS; SURFACE MODELS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PLANNING;

FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 77949683148     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/7/010     Document Type: Article

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