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Comprehensive Brachytehrapy: physical and clinical aspect. JLM Venselaar, D Baltas,
AS Meigooni and P J Hoskin CRC Press Taylor & Francis 2013
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In particular: Chapters 5, 7 and 10
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The physics of modern brachytherapy for oncology D Baltas L Sakelliou et N
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Zamboglou. Taylor & Francis Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering,
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The physics of radiation therapy, FM Khan, 4ed, 2009.
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Brachytherapy physics, 2ed, AAPM monograph #31, 2005.
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J. Pouliot and L Beaulieu, Chapter 13, Liebel and Philips Textbook of Radiation
Oncology, 3rd Ed, 2010
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Perez-Calatayud JJ, Ballester FF, Das RKR, Dewerd LAL, Ibbott GSG, Meigooni ASA, et
al. Dose calculation for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources with average energy
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Rivard MJ, Coursey BM, DeWerd LA, Hanson WF, Saiful Huq M, Ibbott GS, et al.
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