Broad-beam transmission data for new brachytherapy sources, Tm-170 and Yb-169

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-15

  Granero, Domingo ^a   Pérez Calatayud, José ^b   Ballester, Facundo ^a   Bos, Adrie J J ^c   Venselaar, Jack ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clinica Benidorm   (Spain)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CONCRETE; IRIDIUM 192; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE; THULIUM 170; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM 169;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; THICKNESS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 33646867818     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci322     Document Type: Article

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