Evaluation of geometrically optimized single- and double-plane interstitial high dose rate implants with respect to conformality and homogeneity

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-21

  Major, Tibor ^a   Polgár, Csaba ^a   Fodor, János ^a   Takácsi Nagy, Zoltán ^a   Mangel, László ^a   Németh, György ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

CATHETERS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; IMPLANT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUMETRY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037225858     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0891060310002186     Document Type: Article

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