Monte Carlo evaluation of kerma in an HDR brachytherapy bunker

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2004, Pages

  Perez Calatayud J ^a   Granero, D ^a   Ballester, Facundo ^a   Casal, E ^a   Crispin, V ^b   Puchades, V ^c   Leon A ^d   Verdu G ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c Grupo IMO SFA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LOADERS; MACHINE TOOLS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH DOSE RATE (HDR); KERMA; LOW DOSE RATE (LDR);

DOSIMETRY;

CESIUM 137; IRIDIUM 192;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 12744273435     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/24/N01     Document Type: Article

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