A new approach to computing normal tissue complication probability of an intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatment with stereotactic radiotherapy boost of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case study

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-144

  Leung, Lucullus H T ^a   Wong, Wicger K H ^a   Cheng, Ashley C K ^a   Kan, Monica W K ^a   Cheung, Joel Y C ^a   Lam, Nelson K H ^a   Yuen, K T ^a   Yau, C C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BED; EUD; Image registration; NTCP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

BODY BURDEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79955465691     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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