Therapeutic Ratio of Fractionated High-Dose-Rate against Continuous Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Analyzed by Simulation Model

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 866-873

  Sekine, Hiroshi ^a   Kanehira, Chihiro ^a   Mochizuki, Sachio ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

192Ir; Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Linear quadratic model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030265929     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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