Anniversary paper: Past and current issues, and trends in brachytherapy physics

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4708-4723

  Thomadsen, Bruce R ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^b   Rivard, Mark J ^c   Meigooni, Ali S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; History; Trends

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; HISTORY; ONCOLOGY;

20TH CENTURY; BRACHYTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES; TRENDS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CATHETER; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 52949154288     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2981826     Document Type: Review

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