Monte Carlo dosimetric characterization of the Cs-137 selectron/LDR source: Evaluation of applicator attenuation and superposition approximation effects

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-499

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

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cs 137; Intracavitary sources; Monte Carlo; Treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PELLETIZING; RADIOTHERAPY;

ABSOLUTE DOSE RATE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; SUPERPOSITION APPROXIMATION; SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE; THEORETICAL MODELING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALUMINUM; BORON; CALCIUM; CARBON; CESIUM 137; CHROMIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SODIUM; TITANIUM; WATER;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12144291169     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1644640     Document Type: Article

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