Experimental determination of the TG-43 dosimetric characteristics of Echoseed™ model 6733 125I brachytherapy source

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 939-942

  Meigooni, A S ^a   Dini, Sharifeh A ^a   Sowards, Keith ^a   Hayes, Joshua L ^a   Al Otoom, Awni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

125I; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; TG 43; Thermoluminescent dosimeter; TLD

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; IODINE 125;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOMETRY; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANT; MALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; ULTRASOUND;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; PHANTOM MATERIALS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; TG-43; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; ^125I;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0035989937     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1470210     Document Type: Article

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