Phantom investigations on CT seed imaging for interstitial brachytherapy.

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Published in Radiother Oncol on September 19, 2007

Authors

Frank-André Siebert1, Marisol De Brabandere, Christian Kirisits, György Kovács, Jack Venselaar

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Clinic of Radiotherapy, Kiel, Germany. siebert@onco.uni-kiel.de

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