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3104998

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
The use of 3-dimensional (3-D) dose distributions and dose-volume histograms in radiation therapy treatment planning is illustrated on a patient with a head and neck tumor. The patient was immobilized in a rectangular tissue compensation bolus box. The treatment was planned with a 14 MeV D-T derived fast neutron therapy beam. The isodose distributions and the dose-volume histograms at multiple adjacent levels are used to evaluate the adequacy of coverage of target volumes and the doses to the normal tissues. Such dose-volume histograms are useful and practical in summarizing the dose distribution throughout the irradiated volume, assessing the degree of uniformity of the dose distribution within the target volume, quantifying the amount of normal tissue irradiated, and evaluating rival treatment plans for both particle and nonparticle beams.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0167-8140
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Practice of 3-dimensional treatment planning at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.