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Why are parameters uncertain?
• Models are statistical tools, not perfect representations
of an organ’s dose-volume response.
• The 3D dose distribution is reduced to a DVH.
• The planned dose distribution may differ from the
delivered dose distribution
• The models apply to a ‘population averaged’ patient;
individuals respond differently.
• Models consider only dose distributions, ignoring other
factors influencing the response
.