Dosimetry characterization of 32P intravascular brachytherapy source wires using Monte Carlo codes PENELOPE and GEANT4

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 296-304

  Torres, Javier ^a   Buades, Manuel J ^a   Almansa, Julio F ^b   Guerrero, Rafael ^b   Lallena, Antonio M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

32P; Intravascular brachytherapy; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CYLINDRICAL SOURCES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO CODES; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; ^32P;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PHOSPHORUS 32; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 1242316317     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1637970     Document Type: Article

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