The radial depth-dose distribution of a 188W/188Re β line source measured with novel, ultra-thin TLDs in a PMMA phantom: Comparison with Monte Carlo simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3605-3627

  Schaart, Dennis R ^a,b   Bos, Adrie J J ^b   Winkelman, August J M ^b   Clarijs, Martijn C ^b  

^a Nucletron BV   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COPPER; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RHENIUM 188; STRONTIUM 90; TUNGSTEN; YTTRIUM 90; NICKEL; RADIOISOTOPE; RHENIUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; BETA RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NICKEL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHENIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 0037152508     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/20/304     Document Type: Article

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