Calculating lens dose and surface dose rates from 90Sr ophthalmic applicators using Monte Carlo modeling

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Gleckler, Mark ^a   Valentine, John D ^a   Silberstein, Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Monte Carlo; Ophthalmic applicator; Pterygium; Surface dose rate

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

AFFECTED AREA; BETA PARTICLES; BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO MODEL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RATES; SURFACE DOSE RATE; THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

STRONTIUM 90; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATARACTOGENESIS; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; LENS; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION CATARACT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031883302     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598434     Document Type: Article

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