Dose distribution along the transverse axis of a new 125I source for interstitial brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2536-2540

  Nath, R ^a   Yue, N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

125I source; Dose rate constant; Interstitial brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; SILVER HALIDES;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIAL DISTANCE; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TRANSVERSE AXIS; ^125I SOURCE;

DOSIMETRY;

IODINE 125; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEVICE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0033678785     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1319520     Document Type: Article

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