Dose optimization in high-dose-rate brachytherapy: A literature review of quantitative models from 1990 to 2010

Operations Research for Health Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 80-90

  De Boeck, L ^a   Belien J ^a   Egyed, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Toyota Motor Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dose optimization; High dose rate brachytherapy; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901268373     PISSN: 22116923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orhc.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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