Impact of Surface Curvature on Dose Delivery in Intraoperative High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-74

  Oh, Moonseong ^a   Wang, Zhou ^a   Malhotra, Harish K ^a   Jaggernauth, Wainwright ^a   Podgorsak, Matthew B ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curved applicators; EDR2 film; Intraoperative high dose rate (IOHDR) brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ERROR; EVALUATION; FILM; GEOMETRY; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTIFACTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 58749111677     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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