Monte Carlo calculation of dose rate distributions around the Walstam CDC.K-type137Cs sources

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2029-2040

  Perez Calatayud J ^a   Ballester, F ^b   Lluch, J L ^b   Serrano Andres M A ^b   Casal, E ^b,c   Puchades, V ^b   Limami, Y ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CND   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTEGRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

DOSE RATES;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

CESIUM 137; WATER;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034918042     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/7/321     Document Type: Article

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