Monte Carlo calculated TG-43 dosimetry parameters for the Seedlink™ 125iodine brachytherapy system

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2503-2508

  Medich, David C ^a   Munro III, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Implant Sciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachy; Iodine 125; Monte Carlo; Prostate; Radiation dosimetry; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; SHIMS; TITANIUM; UROLOGY;

BRACHY; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; IODINE-125; MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT CODE; PLANNING APPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; THERAPY;

SEED;

IODINE 125; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141743720     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1601914     Document Type: Article

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