Dose distributions produced by a shielded vaginal cylinder using a high-activity iridium-192 source

Medical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 101-106

  Waterman, Frank M ^a   Holcomb, David E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; high dose rate brachytherapy; shielded vaginal cylinder

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRIDIUM;

DISTANCE REACHING; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH ACTIVITY; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; IRIDIUM-192; TUMOR VOLUMES; VAGINAL CYLINDERS; WATER PHANTOM;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

IRIDIUM 192; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; VAGINA; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0028158549     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597241     Document Type: Article

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