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4/2024
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COMIRI – COMplexity Index of interventional Radiotherapy (brachytherapy) Implants: assessment of procedures based on type, equipment, and team

Bruno Fionda
1
,
Elisa Placidi
2
,
Valentina Lancellotta
1
,
Enrico Rosa
2, 3
,
Martina De Angeli
1
,
Piotr Wojcieszek
4
,
Frank-André Siebert
5
,
Marco De Spirito
2, 6
,
Maria Antonietta Gambacorta
6, 7
,
Luca Tagliaferri
1, 6

  1. UOC Degenze di Radioterapia Oncologica, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia Oncologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  2. UOC Fisica per le Scienze della Vita, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia Oncologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  3. eCampus University, Novedrate (CO), Italy
  4. Brachytherapy Department, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology Gliwice Branch, Wybrzez.e Armii Krajowej, Gliwice, Poland
  5. Clinic of Radiotherapy, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
  6. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
  7. UOC Servizio di Radioterapia Oncologica, Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia Oncologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2024; 16, 4: 306-309
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2024.143223
Online publish date: 2024/09/20
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