Influence of dose calculation algorithms on the predicted dose distributions and NTCP values for NSCLC patients

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2412-2418

  Nielsen, Tine B ^a   Wieslander, Elinore ^b   Fogliata, Antonella ^c   Nielsen, Morten ^a   Hansen, Olfred ^a   Brink, Carsten ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

density correction; dose; dose calculation algorithm; NSCLC; NTCP

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEART; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DENSITY CORRECTION; DOSE; DOSE CALCULATION; NSCLC; NTCP;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 79959555893     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3575418     Document Type: Article

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