Technical note: Fitted dosimetric parameters of high dose-rate 192Ir sources according to the AAPM TG43 formalism

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 651-654

  Lliso, F ^a   Perez Calatayud J ^a   Carmona, V ^a   Ballester, F ^b   Puchades, V ^b   Granero, D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; HDR sources; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; HIGH DOSE RATE; HIGH INTENSITY; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; TECHNICAL NOTES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

DOSIMETRY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345381862     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1561621     Document Type: Article

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