Thermoluminescent dosimetry of the Symmetra™ 125I model I25.S06 interstitial brachytherapy seed

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1761-1769

  Patel, Neil S ^a   Chiu Tsao, Sou Tung ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^b   Fan, Pei ^a   Duckworth, Tamara ^a   Shasha, Daniel ^a   Harrison, Louis B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

125I seed; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Symmetra seed; Task Group 43; TLD

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

ANISOTROPY CONSTANTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; TASK GROUPS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COBALT TELETHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034857269     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1388218     Document Type: Article

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