Medical Physics· 2012Q1

Predicting dose‐volume histograms for organs‐at‐risk in IMRT planning

L. Appenzoller, Jeff M. Michalski, Wade L. Thorstad, Sasa Mutic et al.

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2012year

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A mathematical framework predicts achievable organ-at-risk (OAR) dose-volume histograms (DVHs) in IMRT planning based on patient anatomy, achieving strong correlations (r=0.84-0.92) between predicted and realized dosimetric gains after replanning.

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Field: Radiation

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