Dosimetric modeling of the microselectron high-dose rate 192Ir source by the multigroup discrete ordinates method

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2307-2319

  Daskalov, George M ^a   Baker, R S ^b   Rogers, D W O ^a   Williamson, J F ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Brachytherapy dosimetry; MicroSelectron Ir 192 HDR source; Monte carlo photon transport; Multigroup discrete ordinates photon transport; Photon kerma

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EFFICIENCY; PHOTONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ABSORBED DOSE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DISCRETE ORDINATES; MICROSELECTRON IR-192 HDR SOURCE; PHOTON TRANSPORT;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033744897     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1308279     Document Type: Article

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