Dosimetric characteristics of the DRAXIMAGE model LS-1 I-125 interstitial brachytherapy source design: A Monte Carlo investigation

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 509-521

  Williamson, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; ORIENTATION DEPENDENT; TASK GROUPS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; GRAVITY; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0036118006     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1452733     Document Type: Article

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