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Dose-volume histogram
Dose-volume histograms (DVHs)
are used when evaluating a
treatment plan.
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Useful for comparing alternative
plans
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If two DVHs overlap it is not
clear which one is better.
05/04/2016
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Dose-volume constraints are
surrogates for a normal-tissue
complication probability (NTCP)
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What if we could associate a risk
value to each DVH?