CT-based dosimetry calculations for 125I prostate implants

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1347-1353

  DeMarco, John J ^a   Smathers, James B ^a   Burnison, C Michelle ^a   Ncube, Quiet K ^a   Solberg, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy treatment planning; Computed tomography; Inhomogeneity; MCNP; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032761104     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00343-0     Document Type: Article

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