Experimental determination of dosimetric characteristics of Best®125I brachytherapy source

Medical Physics - Tập 27 Số 9 - Trang 2168-2173 - 2000
Ali S. Meigooni1, Darren M. Gearheart1, Keith Sowards1
1DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40536

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