Comparison of Calculated and Measured Rectal Doses in HDR Brachytherapy with Ir-192 Source

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Kakinohana, Yasumasa ^a   Toita, Takafumi ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Yoshinaga, Masatomi ^a   Iraha, Shirou ^a   Zukeran, Yuko ^a   Sawada, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Movement of applicators

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MATHEMATICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031111303     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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