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Mathematical Description / Repair Function

External beam radiotherapy and HDR brachytherapy :

no repair during irradiation (min)

repair function

g = 1

 

 

t

e

t

MDR

LDR g

t

1

1

2

,

21

T

2ln



… repair rate

T

1/2

… half time for repair

t … irradiation time

2

T

1/2

4 6 8 Time [h]

. . .

2

T

1/2

4 6 8

Time [h]

Intro

Mission

Concept

Solution

LDR, MDR brachytherapy :

repair during irradiation (hours - days) is significant