A program for the independent verification of brachytherapy planning system calculations

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Meseguer, Vicente Carmona ^a   Perez Calatayud, Jose ^a,b   Lliso, Françoise ^a   Richart, Jose ^b   Ballester, Facundo ^c   Carmen Pujades Claumarchirant, Ma ^a   Venselaar, Jack L M ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d Instituut Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Physics dosimetry; Planning system; Verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 78049503492     PISSN: 1689832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2010.16924     Document Type: Article

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