The design of a new insert for calibration of LDR and HDR 192Ir sources in a well-type ionization chamber

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1566-1568

  Pineda, A E C ^a   Alcon E P Q ^a   DeAlmeida, C E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Monte Carlo simulation; Well type ionization chamber calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORRECTION FACTORS; MONTE CARLO CODES; PEAK RESPONSE; PENELOPE; SWEET SPOT;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0038033849     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1578773     Document Type: Article

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