Brachytherapy dosimetry of 125I and 103Pd sources using an updated cross section library for the MCNP Monte Carlo transport code

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 701-711

  Bohm, Tim D ^a   DeLuca, Paul M ^a   DeWerd, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cross section library; Dosimetry; MCNP; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BENCHMARKING; CODES (SYMBOLS); DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRICITY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

AIR KERMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTION LIBRARY; DEPTH DOSE; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; LOWER ENERGIES; MCNP; MCNP CODE; MONTE CARLO; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION;

PHOTONS;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; PALLADIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; SPECTRUM; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLADIUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037391530     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1562942     Document Type: Article

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