Polymer gel dosimetry close to an 125I interstitial brachytherapy seed

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 4371-4384

  Pantelis, E ^a   Lymperopoulou, G ^a   Papagiannis, P ^a   Sakelliou, L ^a   Stiliaris, E ^a,b   Sandilos, P ^c   Seimenis, I ^d   Kozicki, M ^e   Rosiak, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications IASA   (Greece)

^c HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CALIBRATION CURVES; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY; POLYMER GEL-MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEED IMPLANTATION;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT 60; IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM 103; POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; GEL; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

EID: 24644468536     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/18/009     Document Type: Article

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