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Monte Carlo Dosimetry of the (60)Co BEBIG High Dose Rate for Brachytherapy

INTRODUCTION: The use of high-dose-rate brachytherapy is currently a widespread practice worldwide. The most common isotope source is (192)Ir, but (60)Co is also becoming available for HDR. One of main advantages of (60)Co compared to (192)Ir is the economic and practical benefit because of its long...

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Autores principales: Campos, Luciana Tourinho, de Almeida, Carlos Eduardo Veloso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26418559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139032