Radial dose functions for 103Pd, 125I, 169Yb and 192Ir brachytherapy sources: An EGS4 Monte Carlo study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 703-717

  Mainegra, Ernesto ^a   Capote, Roberto ^a   López, Ernesto ^a  

^a Ctro Estud Aplicados Desarrollo N   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM; WATER; YTTERBIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLADIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 0034068736     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/3/309     Document Type: Article

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