Radiochromic film dosimetry of rectal inhomogeneity and applicator attenuation in high dose rate brachytherapy of uterine cervix

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-75

  Uniyal, Satish C ^a,d   Naithani, Umesh C ^b   Sharma, Sunil D ^c   Srivastava, Anoop K ^d  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b HNB Garhwal Central University   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE HOSPITAL TRUST   (India)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Film; Monte carlo; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860733983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i1.3654     Document Type: Article

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