Three-dimensional lookup tables for Henschke applicator cervix treatment by HDR 192IR remote afterloading

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1201-1207

  Watanabe, Yoichi ^a   Roy, Jitendra N ^b   Harrington, Patrick J ^a   Anderson, Lowell L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecological HDR brachytherapy; Henschke application; Monte Carlo; Three dimensional dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0032527944     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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