Measurement of dose perturbation around shielded ovoids in high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-241

  Hira, Mukhraj ^a   Podgorsak, Matthew B ^a   Jaggernauth, Wainwright ^a   Malhotra, Harish K ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

High dose rate brachytherapy; Shielded Fletcher Suit Delclos applicator

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; FLETCHER SUIT DELCLOS; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 79955135214     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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