Dosimetric analysis of a shielded applicator for nasopharyngeal carcinoma intracavitary brachytherapy: Monte Carlo calculation

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 761-769

  Chen, Li Xin ^a   Liu, Xiao Wei ^a   You, Ri An ^a   Qian, Jian Yang ^a   Qi, Zhen Yu ^a   Deng, Xiao Wu ^a   Tsao, Shiu Ying ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China   (Macao)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SHIELDING;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; POINTS OF INTEREST; REGION OF INTEREST;

APPLICATORS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SOFT PALATE;

EID: 33644662048     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2168431     Document Type: Article

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