Evaluation of the dose uniformity for double-plane high dose rate interstitial breast implants with the use of dose reference points and dose non-uniformity ratio

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-220

  Major, Tibor ^a   Polgár, Csaba ^a   Somogyi, András ^a   Németh, György ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dose non uniformity; High dose rate; Interstitial brachytherapy; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IMPLANT; INTERSTITIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034163382     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00170-X     Document Type: Article

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