Brachytherapy for the next century: Use of image-based treatment planning

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Martel, Mary Kaye ^a   Narayana, Vrinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031772790     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579819     Document Type: Article

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