Phantom size in brachytherapy source dosimetric studies

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2075-2081

  Perez Calatayud J ^a   Granero, D ^a   Ballester, F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; REFERENCE DOSE; SIMPLE EXPRESSION;

PHANTOMS;

CESIUM 137; IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM 103; RADIOISOTOPE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG BINDING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 3142677842     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1759826     Document Type: Article

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