The effects of target size and tissue density on the minimum margin required for random errors

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3068-3079

  Witte, Marnix G ^a   Van Der Geer, Joris ^a   Schneider, Christoph ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Margins; Radiation therapy; Setup errors; Target size; Tissue density; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; SPHERES; STATISTICS; TISSUE;

MARGINS; SETUP ERRORS; TARGET SIZE; TISSUE DENSITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RANDOM ERRORS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 9244219608     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1809991     Document Type: Article

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