Monte Carlo calculation of dose rate distributions around 192Ir wires

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1221-1228

  Ballester, F ^a   Hernandez C ^a   Perez Calatayud J ^b   Lliso, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Iridium; Monte Carlo; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; DOSIMETRY; IRIDIUM;

ABSOLUTE DOSE RATE; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION RESULTS; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030878671     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598142     Document Type: Article

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