Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 361-366 , October 2009

Bi- and tri-exponential fitting to TG-43 radial dose functions of brachytherapy sources based on a genetic algorithm

  • Xingen Wu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1824 6th Avenue South, WTI# 133, Birmingham, AL 35249. Tel.: +1-205-934-1489; fax: +1-205-975-2546.
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  • Ivan A. Brezovich
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  • John B. Fiveash

Received 20 August 2008 ,Revised 6 October 2008 ,Accepted 4 November 2008.

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PII: S1538-4721(08)00675-2

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.11.005

Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 361-366 , October 2009

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