Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 13-15 , Spring 2007

High dose-rate brachytherapy source position quality assurance using radiochromic film

  • M.D.C. Evans, M.Sc.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Michael Evans, Medical Physics Department, McGill University Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Avenue Cedar, L5-112, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4.
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  • S. Devic, Ph.D.
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  • E.B. Podgorsak, Ph.D.

Received 11 October 2005 ,Accepted 11 October 2005.

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PII: S0958-3947(06)00150-6

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.10.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 13-15 , Spring 2007

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