Validity of the interval method for the determination of the anisotropy factor of high dose rate 192IR sources

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 483-487

  Cho, Sang Hyun ^a   Muller Runkel, Renate ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b S Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy factor; High dose rate 192Ir source; Interval method; Sievert integral

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 0030887668     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00509-3     Document Type: Article

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