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Source tracking and quality assurance of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy

Beeksma, 2014

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10756769238753503405
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Beeksma B
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Master of Science, Research thesis, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics. University of Wollongong

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High dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy utilises a HDR remote afterloader unit to deliver a high activity Ir-192 radioactive source directly into the tumour treatment volume. Since such high source activities are employed for this treatment type, special Quality Assurance (QA) …
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