Comparison of calibration procedures for 192Ir high-dose rate brachytherapy sources

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 653-661

  Baltas, Dimos ^a,b   Geramani, Konstantina ^a,b   Ioannidis, Georgios T ^a,b   Hierholz, Kirsten ^c   Rogge, Bernd ^a   Kolotas, Christos ^a   Müller Sievers, Klaus ^c   Milickovic, Natasha ^a,b   Kober, Bernd ^c   Zamboglou, Nikolaos ^a,b  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c KLINIKUM DARMSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

192Ir source calibration; HDR brachytherapy; Solid state phantoms; Well type ionization chambers

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0032972488     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00423-4     Document Type: Article

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