Dosimetrical and radiobiological approach to manage the dosimetric shift in the transition of dose calculation algorithm in radiation oncology: how to improve high quality treatment and avoid unexpected outcomes?

Dosimetrical and radiobiological approach to manage the dosimetric shift in the transition of dose calculation algorithm in radiation oncology: how to improve high quality treatment and avoid unexpected outcomes?

Abstract Background For a given prescribed dose of radiotherapy, with the successive generations of dose calculation algorithms, more monitor units (MUs) are generally needed. This is due to the implementation of successive improvements in dose calculation: better heterogeneity correction and more a...

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Main Authors: Abdulhamid Chaikh, Jarkko Ojala, Catherine Khamphan, Robin Garcia, Jean Yves Giraud, Juliette Thariat, Jacques Balosso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Equivalent uniform dose
Acuros XB
Anisotropic analytical algorithm
Radiotherapy
Dose calculation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1005-2

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