Dosimetric characterization of radioactive sources employed in prostate cancer therapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 201-214

  Zilio, Valery Olivier ^a   Joneja, Om Parkash ^a,b   Popowski, Youri ^c   Chawla, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Monte Carlo simulation; Prostate cancer; Radioactive seeds; Thermoluminescent dosimeters

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM 103; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; WATER;

ACCURACY; AIR; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMPLANT; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID; STATISTICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PALLADIUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 10644255803     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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