Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 63-74 , Spring 2009

Impact of Surface Curvature on Dose Delivery in Intraoperative High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy

Received 11 December 2007 ,Accepted 14 May 2008.

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Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 63-74 , Spring 2009

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