Dosimetry of the 198Au source used in interstitial brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1579-1588

  Dauffy, Lucile S ^a   Braby, Leslie A ^b   Berner, Barry M ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

198Au; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; TG 43; TG 43U1; Thermoluminescent dosimeters

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETERS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; TG-43; TG-43U1; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; ^198AU;

DOSIMETRY;

GERMANIUM; GOLD 198; WATER; GOLD; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE CALCULATION; EYE TUMOR; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; GOLD RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 21144432815     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1924347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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