Monte Carlo calculations and experimental measurements of dosimetry parameters of a new 103Pd source

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1108-1112

  Li, Zuofeng ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a   Fan, Jay J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b North American Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy dosimetry; Monte Carlo calculations; Palladium 103; Prostate neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; RATE CONSTANTS; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; GEOMETRIC MODELING; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PROSTATE IMPLANTATIONS; PROSTATE NEOPLASMS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ISOTOPE; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034046524     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598975     Document Type: Article

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