Assessing small-volume spinal cord dose for repeat spinal stereotactic body radiotherapy treatments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Ma, Lijun ^a   Kirby, Neil ^a   Korol, Renee ^b   Larson, David A ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; LINEAR-QUADRATIC MODELS; MODEL-BASED OPC; SPINAL CORDS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOMES; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MEDICINE; PHYSICS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL CORD;

HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84870410390     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/23/7843     Document Type: Article

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