Limitations of the point and line source approximations for the determination of geometry factors around brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 124-128

  Karaiskos, P ^a   Sakelliou, L ^a   Sandilos, P ^b,c   Vlachas, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Geometry factors; Line and point source approximation

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; ONCOLOGY; PELLETIZING; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORE GEOMETRIES; GEOMETRY FACTORS; LINE SOURCE APPROXIMATION; POINT SOURCES; POLAR ANGLES; RADIAL DISTANCE; TASK GROUPS;

GEOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033957810     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598873     Document Type: Article

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