Monte Carlo calculations of dose rate distributions around the Amersham CDCS-M-type 137Cs source

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 132-140

  Casal, E ^a,b   Ballester, F ^b   Lluch, J L ^b   Perez Calatayud J ^c   Lliso, F ^c  

^a Centro Nacional de Dosimetria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Intracavitary sources; Monte Carlo calculations; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION RESULTS; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033977992     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598875     Document Type: Article

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