A new approach to measure dwell position inaccuracy in HDR ring applicators - quantification and corrective QA

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Jangda, Abdul Qadir ^a   Hussein, Sherali ^a   Rehman, Zaka ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

High dose rate brachytherapy; Quality assurance; Remote afterloaders; Ring applicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951705396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i1.3355     Document Type: Article

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