144Ce as a potential candidate for interstitial and intravascular brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 585-594

  Zilio, Valéry Olivier ^a   Joneja, Om Parkash ^a,b   Popowski, Youri ^c   Bochud, François Oswald ^d   Chawla, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

144Ce source; Interstitial; Intravascular; Ionization chamber; Monte Carlo calculations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; WATER;

BRANCHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS; RADIAL DOSE RATE; SPRING-SHAPED SOURCE;

ONCOLOGY;

CESIUM; IRIDIUM 192; PHOSPHORUS 32; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HALF LIFE TIME; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HALF-LIFE; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 18944406386     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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