In-phantom response of LIF TLD-100 for dosimetry of 192Ir HDR source

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1025-1029

  Pradhan, Ambika S ^a,b   Quast, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

192Ir HDR source; Energy dependence; In phantom dosimetry; LiF TLD 100

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; WATER ABSORPTION;

CORRECTION FACTORS; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; LIF TLD; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; PHOTON ENERGY; PHOTON SPECTRA; ^192IR HDR SOURCE;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0034118713     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598968     Document Type: Article

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