Bioeffect modeling and equieffective dose concepts in radiation oncology-Terminology, quantities and units

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-268

  Bentzen, Soren M ^a   Dörr, Wolfgang ^b   Gahbauer, Reinhard ^c   Howell, Roger W ^d   Joiner, Michael C ^e   Jones, Bleddyn ^f   Jones, Dan T L ^g   Van Der Kogel, Albert J ^h   Wambersie, André ⁱ   Whitmore, Gordon ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Linear quadratic model; Modeling; Quantities; Radiobiology; Units

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84871333450     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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