A dose verification method for high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment plans

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 173-177

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Vijaykumar, C ^b   Deshpande, Sudesh ^c   Sharma, P ^d   Vandana, S ^a   Philomena, A ^a   Chilkulwar, Ravi ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose verification; Dosimetry; TG 43 formalism; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 57349131258     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.44288     Document Type: Article

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