The scaling method applied to beta particle line sources with a finite diameter

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2682-2686

  Schaart, Dennis R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta particle dosimetry; Intravascular brachytherapy; Line source; Scaling factor method; Spherical source

Indexed keywords

BETA PARTICLES; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; LINE SOURCES; SCALING FACTORS; SPHERICAL SOURCE;

RHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RHENIUM 188; TUNGSTEN; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; BETA RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASES; WATER;

EID: 0036852442     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1513567     Document Type: Article

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