Advantage of biological over physical optimization in prostate cancer?

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Dirscherl, Thomas ^a   Alvarez Moret, Judith ^a   Bogner, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological optimization; DAO; GEUD; IMRT; Pareto optimal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIRECT MONTE CARLO OPTIMIZATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERALIZED EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84860422411     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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