Dosimetric comparison of various optimization techniques for high dose rate brachytherapy of interstitial cervix implants

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Shwetha, Bondel ^a   Ravikumar, Manickam ^a   Katke, Aradhana ^a   Supe, Sanjay S ^a   VenkataGiri, Golhalli ^a   Ramanand, Nanda ^a   Pasha, Tanvir ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

High dose rate; Interstitial implant; Isodose reshape; Optimization; Target coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957010991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i3.3227     Document Type: Article

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