Dose verification with Monte Carlo technique for prostate brachytherapy implants with 125I sources

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Zhang, Hualin ^a,b   Baker, Curtis ^a   McKinsey, Rachel ^a   Meigooni, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Urologic Oncology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

125I source; Brachytherapy; Interseed effect; Monte Carlo; Prostate implant

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; IMPLANT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; URETHRA;

EID: 19544375059     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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