Influence of source geometry and materials on the transverse axis dosimetry of 192Ir brachytherapy sources

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-48

  Wang, Ruqing ^a   Sloboda, Ron S ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; STEEL;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATERIALS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AIR; BIOPHYSICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 0031891233     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/1/003     Document Type: Article

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