Relative dosimetrical verification in high dose rate brachytherapy using two-dimensional detector array IMatriXX

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Manikandan, A ^a   Biplab, Sarkar ^b   Perianayagam, David ^a   Holla, R ^a   Vivek, T ^c   Sujatha, N ^d  

^a Multispecialty Hospital Shaw Mazumdar Medical Centre   (India)

^b AMRI HOSPITALS   (India)

^c Jupiter Hospital   (India)

^d Department of Radiotherapy   (India)

Author keywords

2D array; brachy; IMatriXX

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 80051883331     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.83491     Document Type: Article

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