Calculated dosimetric parameters of the IoGold 125I source model 3631-A

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2197-2199

  Wierzbicki, Jacek G ^a,b   Rivard, Mark J ^a   Waid, David S ^a,c   Arterbery, Vivian Elayne ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Mary's Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Iodine 125; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM;

ANISOTROPY CONSTANTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; IODINE-125; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125; TITANIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0031739691     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598417     Document Type: Article

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