A method to improve the dose distribution of interstitial breast implants using geometrically optimized stepping source techniques and dose normalization.
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Radiotherapy and Oncology
- Vol. 58 (1) , 63-70
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8140(00)00313-3
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