Dosimetric characterization of an encapsulated interstitial brachytherapy source of 125I on a tungsten substrate

Brachytherapy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 102-109

  Nath, Ravinder ^a   Yue, Ning ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

125I source; Dosimetry; Interstitial brachytherapy; Prostate seed implant

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; TUNGSTEN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 0142196602     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1538-4721(02)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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