Monte Carlo and thermoluminescence dosimetry of the new IsoSeed® model I25.S17125I interstitial brachytherapy seed

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3313-3317

  Lymperopoulou, G ^a   Papagiannis, P ^a   Sakelliou, L ^a   Karaiskos, P ^b   Sandilos, P ^b   Przykutta, A ^c   Baltas, D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Eurotope GmbH   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; PRIMARY STANDARDS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; GEOMETRY; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 28044456522     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2089588     Document Type: Article

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