Dosimetric characteristics of the best® double-wall 103Pd brachytherapy source

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2568-2575

  Meigooni, A S ^a   Bharucha, Z ^a   Yoe Sein, M ^a   Sowards, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

103Pd; Brachytherapy; Interstitial; Thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD)

Indexed keywords

PALLADIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; WATER; IODINE 125; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; PALLADIUM 103;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLADIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

ANISOTROPY CONSTANTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; INTERSTITIAL; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; SCATTERING CONDITIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; ^103PD;

PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035543812     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1414007     Document Type: Article

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