Design and development of an inflatable latex balloon to reduce rectal and bladder doses for patients undergoing high dose rate brachytherapy
Multiple fractions of High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy along with external beam therapy is the common method of treatment for cancer of the uterine cervix. Urinary bladder and rectum are the organs at risk (OARs) that receive a significant dose during treatment. To reduce the dose to these organs,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2009-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Medical Physics |
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Online Access: | http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2009;volume=34;issue=1;spage=48;epage=51;aulast=Raghukumar |