Comparison of dosimetric standards of USA and France for HDR brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1961-1978

  Douysset, Guilhem ^a   Gouriou, Jean ^a   Delaunay, Frank ^a   DeWerd, Larry ^b   Stump, Kurt ^b   Micka, John ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LABORATORIES; STANDARDS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; DOSIMETRIC STANDARDS; TRANSFER IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; FRANCE; GUIDELINES; INTERNATIONALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844436557     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/9/003     Document Type: Article

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