Clinical applications of TCP and NTCP models: incorporation of NTCP models into modern inverse planning optimization and investigation of the applicability of population-averaged and non-averaged TCP models for the purpose of parameter estimation

• Clinical applicability of TCP and NTCP models

• Author / Creator

  Schinkel, Colleen Gayle

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Tumors. Radiotherapy. Mathematical models.
  • Tumors. Radiotherapy. Planning.
  • Tumors. Radiotherapy. Complications. Mathematical models.
  • Radiation. Dosage. Physiological effect. Mathematical models.
  • Radiobiology. Mathematical models.
  • Tissues. Effect of radiation on. Mathematical models.

• Graduation date

  2007

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-c229-gs83

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private, scholarly or scientific research. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.