In-air calibration of new high dose rate 60Co brachytherapy sources: Results of measurements on a GZP6 brachytherapy afterloading unit

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-73

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Naseri, Alireza ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COBALT TELETHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 51349159285     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(10)60084-3     Document Type: Article

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