Comparison of two planning systems for HDR brachytherapy gynecological application
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Comparison of two planning systems for HDR brachytherapy gynecological application
PURPOSE This report compares the Nucletron NPS and PLATO planning system for patients treated for cervix cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study compares calculations generated using the older NPS (version 11.43) planning system and the more recent PLATO (version 14.1) system for two cases: 1) a single dwell position and 2) an actual patient application using a tandem and ovoid. RESULTS Fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1526-9914
DOI: 10.1120/1.1384528