Monte Carlo dosimetric study of the BEBIG Co-60 HDR source

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Ballester, F ^a   Granero, D ^a   Perez Calatayud J ^b,c   Casal, E ^a   Agramunt, S ^c   Cases, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c Hospital Clinica Benidorm   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARTESIAN COORDINATES; DOSIMETRIC DATASETS; GYNAECOLOGICAL LESIONS; MONTE CARLO DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 27144510950     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/21/N03     Document Type: Article

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