Determination of the tissue inhomogeneity correction in high dose rate Brachytherapy for Iridium-192 source

In Brachytherapy treatment planning, the effects of tissue heterogeneities are commonly neglected due to lack of accurate, general and fast three-dimensional (3D) dose-computational algorithms. In performing dose calculations, it is assumed that the tumor and surrounding tissues constitute a uniform...

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Main Authors: Barlanka Ravikumar, S Lakshminarayana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2012;volume=37;issue=1;spage=27;epage=31;aulast=Ravikumar