Fitting and benchmarking of dosimetry data for new brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2302-2306

  Furhang, Eli E ^a   Wallace, Robert E ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; New sources; TG43 implementation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENCHMARKING; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; DOSIMETRY MEASUREMENT; GAMMA EMITTING NUCLIDES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NEW SOURCES; TG43 IMPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033733769     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1308278     Document Type: Article

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