CPB Ljubljana 2018 course book

CUMULATIVE DVH FOR O.A.R. IN CERVIX BRACHY

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Usefulness of organ or organ- wall contouring DHVs: in the small- volume-part of the graphs, the curves tend to come very close together

bladder bladder wall

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Pat #5 Cut off -volume 2-3 ccm

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rectum rectum wall

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5 D10 rw volume in cm3

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Fig.1

Wachter-Gerstner et al. R&O 2003)

Courtesy of Dimos Baltas