Recommendations and quality control in brachytherapy;Recommandations pour le contrôle de qualité en curiethérapie

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Haie Meder, C ^a   Aubert, B ^a   De Crevoisier, R ^a   Briot, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Quality assurance; Radioprotection

Indexed keywords

BIOSAFETY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ENERGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036869019     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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