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A new approach to assess transit dose impact in gynecological and prostate brachytherapy with effective transit time

Masato Nishitani
1, 2
,
Hiroyuki Okamoto
2
,
Satoshi Nakamura
2
,
Kotaro Iijima
2, 3
,
Takahito Chiba
2
,
Hiroki Nakayama
2
,
Tetsu Nakaichi
2
,
Mihiro Takemori
2
,
Yuka Urago
4
,
Weishan Chang
1
,
Hiroshi Igaki
5

  1. Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  2. Division of Radiation Safety and Quality Assurance, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  4. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Metrology Institute of Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
  5. Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2024.146826
Online publish date: 2025/01/17
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