Near-field dosimetry of 125I sources for interstitial brachytherapy implants measured using thermoluminescent sheets

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3406-3416

  Iwata, Kazuro ^a   Yue, Ning J ^b   Nath, Ravinder ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Interstitial brachytherapy; Iodine 125; Thermoluminescent sheet

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BARIUM SULFATE; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; IODINE-125; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; RECOMMENDED VALUES; THERMOLUMINESCENT SHEET; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BARIUM SULFATE; EUROPIUM; IODINE 125; POLITEF;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FILM COATING; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 11244279890     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1820012     Document Type: Article

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