Radiation treatment planning with embedded dose escalation

Abstract Background Heterogeneous target doses are a common by-product from attempts to improve normal tissue sparing in radiosurgery treatment planning. These regions of escalated dose within the target may increase tumor control probability (TCP). Purposely embedding hot spots within tumors during...

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Main Authors: William T. Hrinivich, Todd R. McNutt, Jeffrey J. Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1348-3