Monte Carlo characterization of a 32P source for intravascular brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1776-1785

  Wang, R ^a   Li, X A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Intravascular brachytherapy; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; REFERENCE POINTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

PHOSPHORUS 32;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034851951     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1388222     Document Type: Article

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