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Science of brachytherapy is currently increasing in the field of cancer therapy. By virtue of the development of computer assisted technologies, we can reap the benefits of accurate radiotherapies more than ever, which enabled precise irradiation to a target safely avoiding unnecessary involvement of the surrounding normal tissue. Unlike teleradiotherapy provided by X-ray linear accelerator, brachytherapy utilizes radiation source placing inside or close to the target. Taking advantage of practical availability of the physical characters including decay modes, half-lives, and decay energies of the radioisotopes, various practical insertion or deployment methods have been developed. Some of these are technically sophisticated. A precise treatment planning requires accurate dose calculation algorithm. | BRACHYTHERAPY Edited by Kazushi Kishi Brachytherapy Edited by Kazushi Kishi Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which allows users to download copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers this license allows users to download copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Vana Persen Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer InTech Design Team First published April 2012 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Brachytherapy Edited by Kazushi Kishi p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-0602-9 INTECH open science I open minds free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at .