A Monte Carlo study of verification imaging in high dose rate brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 404-414

  Sheikh Bagheri, Daryoush ^a   Munro, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

192Ir; Brachytherapy; Monte Carlo simulation; Verification imaging; X ray fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; SCATTERING OBJECTS; X-RAY FLUOROSCOPY; X-RAY IMAGE INTENSIFIERS; ^192IR;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031967644     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598215     Document Type: Article

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