Theoretical and experimental determination of dosimetric characteristics for ADVANTAGE™ Pd-103 brachytherapy source

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 881-887

  Meigooni, Ali S ^a   Dini, Sharifeh A ^a   Awan, Shahid B ^a   Dou, Kai ^a   Koona, Rafiq A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Pd 103; TG 43U1; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; PD-103; TG-43U1; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

PALLADIUM 103; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMPLANT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STANDARD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BODY BURDEN; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALLADIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744533962     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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