Disregarding RBE variation in treatment plan comparison may lead to bias in favor of proton plans

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Wedenberg, Minna ^a,b   Toma Dasu, Iuliana ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RaySearch Laboratories   (Sweden)

Author keywords

linear energy transfer; protons; radiobiological models; relative biological effectiveness; treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; HISTOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTONS; TUMORS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TISSUE SPECIFICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PHOTONS;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TUMOR; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; ORGANS AT RISK; PHOTON; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 84940284348     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4892930     Document Type: Article

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