Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6189667 | Brachytherapy | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Placing empty needles first and optimizing the plan to the known positions of the needles resulted in improved concordance between the planned and the achieved dosimetry to the target, possibly because of elimination of errors in needle placement.
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Authors
Thomas R. Niedermayr, Paul L. Nguyen, Yonina R. Murciano-Goroff, Konstantin A. Kovtun, Emily Neubauer Sugar, Daniel W. Cail, Desmond A. O'Farrell, Jorgen L. Hansen, Robert A. Cormack, Ivan Buzurovic, Luciant T. Wolfsberger, Michael P. O'Leary,