Dosimetric characteristics of the Pharma Seed(TM) model BT-125-I source

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2174-2181

  Popescu, C C ^a   Wise, J ^a   Sowards, K ^a   Meigooni, A S ^a   Ibbott, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

125I; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Thermoluminescent dosimeter

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; LIQUIDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

ANISOTROPY CONSTANTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; ^125I;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033795853     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1289897     Document Type: Article

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