Optimisation in brachytherapy;Optimisation en curiethérapie

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Briot, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

3D Planning Systems; Brachytherapy; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0038077546     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(02)00281-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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