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Comparison of (60)Co and (192)Ir sources in HDR brachytherapy

This paper compares the isotopes (60)Co and (192)Ir as radiation sources for high-dose-rate (HDR) afterloading brachytherapy. The smaller size of (192)Ir sources made it the preferred radionuclide for temporary brachytherapy treatments. Recently also (60)Co sources have been made available with iden...

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Autores principales: Strohmaier, Stefan, Zwierzchowski, Grzegorz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23346129
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2011.26471