Monte Carlo dose calculations for a new ovoid shield system for carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2288-2292

  Weeks, K J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; CT applicators; Monte Carlo simulation; Shielded dose calculation; Tandem and ovoids

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; SHIELDING; TUNGSTEN;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; DOSE CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO RESULTS; TANDEM AND OVOID; TUNGSTEN SHIELDING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALUMINUM; CESIUM 137; TUNGSTEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SHIELD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032439475     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598459     Document Type: Article

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