Formulation of the multi-hit model with a non-poisson distribution of hits

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1311-1316

  Vassiliev, Oleg N ^a  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell survival curve; DNA strand breaks; Linear quadratic model; Multi hit model

Indexed keywords

CELL LINES; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA STRAND BREAK; DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS; HEAVY-ION BEAMS; HIGH DOSE; LINEAR-QUADRATIC MODELS; MULTI-HIT; MULTI-HIT MODEL; NEW MODEL; PARTICLE EMISSIONS; RADIATION QUALITY; RADIATION SOURCE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SURVIVAL CURVES;

CELL CULTURE; CURVE FITTING; DNA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DAMAGE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DNA; PROTON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZATION; MULTI HIT MODEL; NON POISSON DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CELL SURVIVAL; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTRONS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTONS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 84862642201     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.09.044     Document Type: Article

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