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4/2024
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Dosimetric evaluation and Monte Carlo simulation of a new proposed surface brachytherapy mould

Fatemeh Salamat
1
,
Zahra Siavashpour
2
,
Mahdi Sadeghi
1
,
Ramin Jaberi
3, 4
,
Somayeh Gholami
5

  1. Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medicine Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Shohada Tajrish Educational Hospital, Medical School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. Medical Physics Department, Surrey University, Guildford, UK
  5. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Contemp Brachytherapy 2024; 16, 4: 279-288
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2024.143609
Online publish date: 2024/09/16
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