In vivo urethral dose measurements: A method to verify high dose rate prostate treatments

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2297-2301

  Brezovich, Ivan A ^a   Duan, Jun ^a   Pareek, Prem N ^a   Fiveash, John ^a   Ezekiel, Mark ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose; HDR; Prostate; TLD

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE; DOSE MEASUREMENT; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE TREATMENT;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COBALT THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; URETHRA;

EID: 0033744527     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1312811     Document Type: Article

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