DVH Radiation Abbreviation

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Dose-Volume Histogram

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Dose Volume Histogram

A Dose Volume Histogram is a histogram relating radiation dose to tissue volume in radiation therapy planning. DVHs were introduced by Michael Goitein (who introduced radiation therapy concepts such as the "beam's-eye-view," "digitally reconstructed radiograph," and uncertainty/error in planning and positioning, among others) and Verhey in 1979 in a publication by Shipley et al.

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