Multigroup discrete ordinates modeling of 125I 6702 seed dose distributions using a broad energy-group cross section representation

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-124

  Daskalov, George M ^a   Baker, R S ^b   Rogers, D W O ^a   Williamson, J F ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Brachytherapy dosimetry; I 125 6702 seed; Monte Carlo photon transport; Multigroup discrete ordinates photon transport; Photon kerma

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ABSORBED DOSE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DISCRETE ORDINATES; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PARALLEL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PHOTON TRANSPORT; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036171750     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1429238     Document Type: Article

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