Standard linear plans in single channel high dose rate brachytherapy: A dosimetric analysis

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-310

  Schumer, W ^a   Wong, T P ^a   Wallace, S ^a   Fernando, W ^a   Quong, G ^a   Geso, M ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endobronchial; Intraluminal; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHI; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031730207     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(98)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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