Review article
Organs at risk in the brain and their dose-constraints in adults and in children: a radiation oncologist's guide for delineation in everyday practice
Scoccianti S, Detti B, Gadda D, et al.
DoseLab summary
Illustrated delineation guidance and dose constraints for brain organs at risk in adults and children. Citation checked against Crossref; content not yet reviewed by DoseLab.
Why this is useful
A practical guide to contouring brain organs at risk, with a table of commonly used dose constraints — useful for the skull-base organs in head and neck plans.
Reference details
- Title
- Organs at risk in the brain and their dose-constraints in adults and in children: a radiation oncologist's guide for delineation in everyday practice
- Authors / organization
- Scoccianti S, Detti B, Gadda D, et al.
- Publication / protocol
- Radiother Oncol. 2015;114(2):230–238
- Version
- Pending verification
- Year
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.01.016
- Disease sites
- Head & Neck, CNS / Brain
- Topics
- CNS, Contouring, OAR contouring, Dose Constraints, Brainstem, Optic chiasm, Cochlea
- Fractionation context
- Conventional fractionation
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- Pending verification