Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 327-335 , October 2008

The impact of prescription depth, dose rate, plaque size, and source loading on the central axis using 103Pd, 125I, and 131Cs

  • Mark J. Rivard

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Box #246, Tufts Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Tel.: +1-617-636-1680; fax: +1-617-636-7621.
    • Mark J. Rivard is a consultant to IsoRay Medical of Richland, WA.
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  • Christopher S. Melhus
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  • Shirin Sioshansi
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  • Jody Morr

Received 27 November 2007 ,Revised 6 April 2008 ,Accepted 28 May 2008.

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• This work was presented in part at the New England AAPM chapter meeting on 4 October 2007 in Boylston, MA.

PII: S1538-4721(08)00591-6

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.05.002

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 327-335 , October 2008

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