Comparison of dose-volume histograms and dose-wall histograms of the rectum of patients treated with intracavitary brachytherapy.
The correlation between dose values from dose-volume histograms (DVHs) and dose values from dose-wall histograms (DWHs) of the rectum tissue of patient with uterine cervix cancer was determined. The minimum dose in 2 cm3 in the high-dose region of the DVH is a good estimate of the dose in the rectum wall.
Olszewska
A M
AM
Medical Physics Department, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center, W.K. Roentgen 5, 02-781, Warsaw, Poland.
Saarnak
A E
AE
de Boer
R W
RW
van Bunningen
B N
BN
Steggerda
M J
MJ
D001918:Brachytherapy; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012007:Rectum / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*