Combined experimental and Monte Carlo verification of 137Cs brachytherapy plans for vaginal applicators

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3495-3507

  Sloboda, Ron S ^a   Wang, Ruqing ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

EID: 0031767919     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/12/008     Document Type: Article

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