A Monte Carlo investigation of the dosimetric characteristics of the CSM11 137Cs source from CIS

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2182-2189

  Ballester, F ^a   Lluch, J L ^a   Limami, Y ^a   Serrano, M A ^a   Casal, E ^b,c   Perez Calatayud J ^d   Lliso, F ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b Molec and Nucl Phys ^*  (Spain)

^c Centro Nacional de Dosimetria   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cs 137; Dosimetry; Intracavitary sources; Monte Carlo simulations; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; RATE CONSTANTS; TABLE LOOKUP;

ABSOLUTE DOSE RATE; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLLABORATIVE WORKING; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; INTEGRAL CALCULATIONS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CESIUM 137;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033800527     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1289376     Document Type: Article

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