IVBTMC, a Monte Carlo dose calculation tool for intravascular brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-51

  ChibaniX, Omar ^a,b   Li, Allen ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcified plaque; Dosimetry; Heterogeneity; Intravascular brachytherapy; Monte Carlo; Source curvature

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ARBITRARY COMPOSITIONS; CALCIFIED PLAQUE; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; SOURCE CURVATURE; VOXEL-BASED GEOMETRIES;

ONCOLOGY;

IRIDIUM 192; PHOSPHORUS 32; STRONTIUM 90; WATER; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESTENOSIS;

EID: 0037241039     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1528177     Document Type: Article

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