Course book Advanced Treatment Planning 2018
Parameters for clinical outcome: Salivary glands
Population-based dose vs. local function response (salivary function on rest) from imaging study
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Deasy JO et al. Radiation Dose-Volume effects on the salivary gland function. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 3, Supplement, pp. S58–S63, 2010.
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