Technical note: Monte-Carlo dosimetry of the HDR 12i and plus 192Ir sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2586-2591

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c Centro Nacional de Dosimetria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; HDR; Ir 192; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; TABLE LOOKUP;

ABSOLUTE DOSE RATE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARTESIANS; HIGH DOSE RATE; LOOK UP TABLE; MONTE CARLO DOSIMETRY; TECHNICAL NOTES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035664767     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1420398     Document Type: Article

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