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Dosimetry of two new interstitial brachytherapy sources

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 17 (2011): Issue 3 (September 2011)
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|Mar 2012
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-011-0013-4 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 (formerly 1425-4689) | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 129 - 141
Published on: Mar 20, 2012
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Monte Carlo calculation,
brachytherapy,
TG-43U1,
MCNP5,
103Pd
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

© 2012 Pooneh Saidi, Mahdi Sadeghi, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
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