On the assay of brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1975-1982

  Yue, Ning J ^a   Haffty, Bruce G ^a   Yue, Jinfeng ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay; Brachytherapy source; Interstitial brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; MANUFACTURE; ONCOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEDERAL REGULATIONS; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; NUMBER OF SOURCES; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICAL THEORY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 34447339682     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2734723     Document Type: Article

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