A Method to Check the Design and Specification of Seeds in Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

Michael Doring,Frank-Andre Siebert

doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2010.02.094

A Method to Check the Design and Specification of Seeds in Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

Michael Doring, Frank-Andre Siebert

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brachy.2010.02.094

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Journal: Brachytherapy

Publication Date: Apr 1, 2010

Affiliation: University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck

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