Implementation of a brachytherapy Ir-source in an in-house system and comparison of simulation results with EGSnrc, VMC++ and PIN

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Terribilini, D ^a   Manser, P ^a   Frei, D ^a   Volken, W ^a   Mini, R ^a   Fix, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 34548668005     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/74/1/021022     Document Type: Article

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