Dose rate constant of a Cesium-131 interstitial brachytherapy seed measured by thermoluminescent dosimetry and gamma-ray spectrometry

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3279-3285

  Chen, Z ^a   Bongiorni, P ^a   Nath, R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy dosimetry; Cesium 131; Dose rate constant; Gamma ray spectrometry; Photon energy spectrum; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MANUFACTURE; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRUM; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

GAMMA RAYS;

CESIUM; CESIUM 131; IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

EID: 28044438934     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2098127     Document Type: Article

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