Assessment of the relative dose distribution around an 192Ir line source using a liquid ionization chamber

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1932-1942

  Bahar Gogani, Jalil ^a   Wickman, Göran ^a   Johansson, Lennart ^a   Johansson, Bengt Erik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

192Ir dosimetry; Brachytherapy dosimetry; Dosimetry in water; LIC; Liquid ionization chamber

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; DOSIMETRY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SILANES;

ABSOLUTE DOSE RATE; ABSORBED DOSE DISTRIBUTION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES; LIQUID IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0032873493     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598698     Document Type: Article

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