103PD loaded cartridge air kerma strength verification

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-75

  Mellenberg Jr , David E ^a   Pennington, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Calibration; Palladium 103; Prostate implants

Indexed keywords

PALLADIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PALLADIUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0033093844     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(98)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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