Measurement and calculation of heterogeneity correction factors for an Ir- 192 high dose-rate brachytherapy source behind tungsten alloy and steel shields

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 911-919

  Kirov, A S ^a   Williamson, J F ^a   Meigooni, A S ^a   Zhu, Y ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

192Ir; detector artifacts; HDR; heterogeneity corrections; Monte Carlo; TLD

Indexed keywords

ALLOY STEEL; ATOMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEITY CORRECTIONS; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MEASUREMENT POINTS; SOURCE-TO-DETECTORS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; ^192IR;

TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029944194     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597733     Document Type: Article

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