The Hug-Kellerer equation as the universal cell survival curve

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ekstrand, Kenneth E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURVIVAL; HIGH DOSE; QUADRATIC EQUATIONS; RADIATION THERAPY; SINGLE RADIATION; THREE PARAMETERS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951789991     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/10/N01     Document Type: Article

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