Transit dose contributions to intracavitary and interstitial PDR brachytherapy treatments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3447-3462

  Menon, Geetha V ^a   Carlone, Marco C ^a   Sloboda, Ron S ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE RATES; DWELL POSITIONS; HIGH-DOSE-RATE (HDR); INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; PDR BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIATION SOURCES; TRANSIT DOSE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47649101729     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/13/003     Document Type: Article

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