Monte carlo-aided dosimetry of the source tech medical model STM1251 I-125 interstitial brachytherapy source

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 764-772

  Kirov, Assen S ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; I 125; Monte Carlo simulation; Permanent brachytherapy; Task Group 43

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

ANISOTROPY CONSTANTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; TASK GROUPS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034996402     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1367280     Document Type: Article

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