Review of AAPM Task Group No. 43 recommendations on interstitial brachytherapy sources dosimetry

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-263

  Saw, Cheng B ^a   Meigooni, Ali S ^b   Nath, Ravinder ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy dosimetry; Iodine 125; Iridium 192; Palladium 103; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031762996     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(98)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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