A calculation of the relative biological effectiveness of 125I and 103Pd brachytherapy sources using the concept of proximity function

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2186-2189

  Wuu, C S ^a   Zaider, M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy sources; Microdosimetry; Proximity function; Relative biological effectiveness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DISEASES; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT CODE; PROXIMITY FUNCTIONS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ENCAPSULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031739690     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598415     Document Type: Article

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