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(a) Needle/source system with a spatially-offset 153Gd source and a platinum shield used as the brachytherapy source in multisource RSBT apparatus. (b) Directionally biased dose rate distribution from the source/shield, normalized to 100% at 1 cm from the source, shown in a plane perpendicular to the source axis.
