Mechanistic formulation of a lineal-quadratic-linear (LQL) model: Split-dose experiments and exponentially decaying sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4173-4181

  Guerrero, Mariana ^a,b   Carlone, Marco ^c  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; cell survival; linear quadratic model; radiobiology; split dose experiments

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CELL SURVIVAL; FUNCTION OF TIME; LINEAR-QUADRATIC MODELS; MULTIPLICATIVE FACTORS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; SURVIVAL FRACTIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78149483423     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3456927     Document Type: Article

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