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This definition of EUD can also be derived from the Kutcher-Burnam DVH reduction
scheme: the
KB reduction algorithm
reduces the DVH to a partial organ irradiation of
an effective volume which receives the maximum dose of the original
DVH (DVH
{D=D
max
,
ν
=
ν
EFF
}).
This is accomplished through the following calculation:
n
i
i
i
EFF
D
D
1
max
∑
=
ν
ν
where D
i
,
ν
i
and n have the same meaning as in the previous slides
max
D
EUD
n
EFF
⋅
=
ν