Monte Carlo dosimetric study of Best Industries and Alpha Omega Ir-192 brachytherapy seeds

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3298-3305

  Ballester, F ^a   Granero, D ^a   Perez Calatayud J ^a   Casal, E ^a   Puchades, V ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b Grupo IMO SFA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Intracavitary sources; Ir 192; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC DATASETS; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 11244309250     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1820013     Document Type: Article

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