On the dosimetric accuracy of a Sievert integration model in the proximity of 192Ir HDR sources

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1071-1084

  Pantelis, Evaggelos ^a   Baltas, Dimos ^c,d   Dardoufas, Konstantinos ^b   Karaiskos, Pantelis ^a,e   Papagiannis, Panagiotis ^a   Rosaki Mavrouli, Heleni ^a   Sakelliou, Loukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

192Ir HDR sources; Brachytherapy; Intravascular; Sievert

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CALCULATIONS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RATE CONSTANTS;

INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY;

RADIATION;

IRIDIUM 192;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037100057     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02804-3     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. 192Ir high-dose-rate brachytherapy for prophylaxis of restenosis after femoropopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: The prospective randomized Vienna-2-trial radiotherapy parameters and risk factors analysis
2. 192Ir endovascular brachytherapy for avoidance of intimal hyperplasia after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent implantation in peripheral vessels: 6 years of experience
3. Outcome of treatment of upper vaginal recurrences of cervical and endometrial carcinomas with interstitial brachytherapy
4. Dosimetry of Ir sources used for endovascular brachytherapy
5. Dosimetry of interstitial brachytherapy sources: Recommendations of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 43
6. Intravascular brachytherapy physics: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 60
7. Monte Carlo-aided dosimetry of a new high dose-rate brachytherapy source
8. 192Ir sources
9. 192Ir high dose-rate brachytherapy source
10. 192Ir source
11. 192Ir high dose rate brachytherapy source
12. 192Ir high dose rate brachytherapy source
13. 192Ir source
14. 192Ir source for high dose-rate brachytherapy
15. An independent dose-to point calculation program for the verification of high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment planning
16. 137Cs intracavitary sources
17. 137Cs tubes
18. 192Ir brachytherapy sources
19. 192Ir brachytherapy sources
20. 192Ir brachytherapy sources using a Sievert integration model
21. 192Ir wires for LDR interstitial brachytherapy following the AAPM TG-43 dosimetric formalism
22. Functional fitting of interstitial brachytherapy dosimetry data recommended by the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 43
23. Technical note: Improved analytical fit to the TG-43 radial dose function, g(r)
24. Limitations of the point and line source approximations for the determination of the Geometry factor around brachytherapy sources
25. 192Ir
26. Beta versus gamma dosimetry close to Ir-192 brachytherapy sources
27. 192Ir SS sources for intravascular brachytherapy
28. 192Ir brachytherapy sources
29. 192Ir HDR source using N-vinylpyrrolidone based polymer gels and magnetic resonance imaging
30. 192Ir HDR sources dosimetry for brachytherapy and intravascular brachytherapy applications. Presented at the VII European Congress of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering -Belfast 2001