Experimental measurements of dosimetric parameters on the transverse axis of a new 125I source

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1275-1280

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North American Scientific Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Iodine 125; Prostate neoplasms; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION STANDARD; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; IODINE-125; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PROSTATE NEOPLASMS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0034131036     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599005     Document Type: Article

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