Effect of Dosimetric Outliers on the Performance of a Commercial Knowledge-Based Planning Solution

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 469-477

  Delaney, Alexander R ^a   Tol, Jim P ^a   Dahele, Max ^a   Cuijpers, Johan ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; KNOWLEDGE BASED PLANNING; MARGINAL EFFECTS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; ORGANS AT RISKS; OUTLIER REMOVALS; SALIVARY GLANDS;

STATISTICS;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CAVITY; ORGANS AT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT PLANNING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MOUTH; PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOUTH; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 84963721586     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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