In-vivo dosimetry for gynaecological brachytherapy: Physical and clinical considerations

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-317

  Waldhäusl, Claudia ^a,c   Wambersie, André ^b   Pötter, Richard ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Gynaecology; ICRU reference points; In vivo dosimetry; Semiconductor diodes

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CARCINOMA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28944443904     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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