A Monte Carlo calculation of dosimetric parameters of 90Sr/90Y and 192Ir SS sources for intravascular brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2528-2535

  Wang, R ^a   Li, X A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Intravascular brachytherapy; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

CALCULATION ACCURACY; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EMITTING SOURCES; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION;

STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

IRIDIUM 192; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033678807     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1319374     Document Type: Article

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