Monte Carlo dosimetry of the VariSource high dose rate 192Ir source

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-423

  Wang, Ruqing ^a   Sloboda, Ron S ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

192Ir source; Brachytherapy dosimetry; High close rate; Monte Carlo calculations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO DOSIMETRY; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ^192IR SOURCE;

DOSIMETRY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031977892     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598216     Document Type: Article

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