Data-driven approach to generating achievable dose-volume histogram objectives in intensity-modulated radiotherapy planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1241-1247

  Wu, Binbin ^a   Ricchetti, Francesco ^a   Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^a   Kazhdan, Michael ^b   Simari, Patricio ^b   Jacques, Robert ^c   Taylor, Russell ^b   McNutt, Todd ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

database; head and neck; IMRT; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; overlap volume histogram; OVH

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; HEAD-AND-NECK; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; OVERLAP VOLUME HISTOGRAM; OVH;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

PLANNING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INNER EAR; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MOUTH MUCOSA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ORGANS AT RISK; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79951951726     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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