Homogeneous Ir-192 afterloading-flab-irradiation of plane surfaces

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 230-237

  Bratengeier, Klaus ^a,b,c   Krieger, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Landshut   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afterloading; Brachytherapy; Flabs; Intraoperative irradiation; Ir 192; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; IRRADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036923219     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-3889(15)70477-0     Document Type: Article

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