Dose modification factors for 192Ir high-dose-rate irradiation using Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 28-34

  Kassas, Bassel ^a   Mourtada, Firas ^b   Horton, John L ^b   Lane, Richard G ^b   Buchholz, Thomas A ^b   Strom, Eric A ^b  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; HDR; MammoSite; Monte Carlo; Partial breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845298829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v7i3.2293     Document Type: Article

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