Dose rate calculations around 192Ir brachytherapy sources using a Sievert integration model

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 383-398

  Karaiskos, P ^a,b   Angelopoulos, A ^a   Barast, P ^a,c   Rozaki Mavrouli, H ^a   Sandilos, P ^b,d   Vlachos, L ^b   Sakelliou, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Medical Department   (Greece)

^d HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033981978     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/2/309     Document Type: Article

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