The radial dose function of low-energy brachytherapy seeds in different solid phantoms: Comparison between calculations with the EGSnrc and MCNP4C Monte Carlo codes and measurements

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1569-1582

  Reniers, B ^a   Verhaegen, F ^b   Vynckier, S ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CODES (SYMBOLS); DATA REDUCTION; MEDICINE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CROSS SECTIONS; EYE TUMORS; PHOTON EMITTERS;

DOSIMETRY;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RADIOISOTOPE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENTATION; LIGHT; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOLID; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLADIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 2342465468     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/8/014     Document Type: Article

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