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Brachytherapy Dosimetry

Brachytherapy Dosimetry is a subfield of radiation dosimetry that specifically involves the measurement, calculation, and optimization of absorbed radiation dose distributions in tissues surrounding brachytherapy sources, distinguished by the placement of radioactive sources within or very close to the target volume.

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Dosimetry of interstitial brachytherapy sources: Recommendations of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 43

Ravinder Nath, Lowell L. Anderson, Gary Luxton et al. · Medical Physics · 1995 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Update of AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations

Mark J. Rivard, Bert M. Coursey, Larry A. DeWerd et al. · Medical Physics · 2004 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Fractionation and protraction for radiotherapy of prostate carcinoma

David J. Brenner, Eric J. Hall · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1999 · 966 citations · Full text

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A conformation number to quantify the degree of conformality in brachytherapy and external beam irradiation: Application to the prostate

A. van’t Riet, A.C.A. Mak, Marinus A. Moerland et al. · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 1997 · 716 citations

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Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students

Ivan Rosenberg · British Journal of Cancer · 2008 · 594 citations · Full text

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    Richard Pötter

    Medical University of Vienna, Austria

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    Jeffrey F. Williamson

    Mallinckrodt (United States), United States

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    Mark J. Rivard

    Tufts University, United States

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    Gregory S. Merrick

    Wheeling Hospital, United States

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    Wayne M. Butler

    Wheeling Jesuit University, United States

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  1. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

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    New York, United States

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    358 publications

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  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

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    Medford, United States

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    Royal Oak, United States

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  6. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

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    Montreal, Canada

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