Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 56-60 , January 2006

Quality assurance of treatment plans for interstitial and intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Received 6 September 2005 ,Revised 11 November 2005 ,Accepted 18 November 2005.

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PII: S1538-4721(05)00200-X

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.11.002

Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 56-60 , January 2006

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