Calculation of brachytherapy doses does not need TG-43 factorization

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 997-999

  Song, Haijun ^a   Luxton, Gary ^b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY;

IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0037701399     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1571529     Document Type: Review

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