Bioeffect modeling and equieffective dose concepts in radiation oncology--terminology, quantities and units.

Bentzen, Søren M; Dörr, Wolfgang; Gahbauer, Reinhard; Howell, Roger W; Joiner, Michael C; Jones, Bleddyn; Jones, Dan T L; van der Kogel, Albert J et al. · Radiother Oncol · 2012

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Abstract

The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) Report Committee on "Bioeffect Modeling and Biologically Equivalent Dose Concepts in Radiation Therapy" is currently developing a comprehensive and consistent framework for radiobiological effect modeling based on the equieffective dose, EQDX(α/β), a concept encompassing BED and EQD2 as special cases.

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