A proposal on dose and volume specification for reporting HDR-brachytherapy;Vorschlag zur Dosis- und Volumenspezifikation und Dokumentation in der HDR-Brachytherapie

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 527-542

  Krieger, H ^a   Baltas, D ^b   Kneschaurek, P ^c  

^a KLINIKUM INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0029789974     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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