Approaches to calculating AAPM TG-43 brachytherapy dosimetry parameters for 137Cs, 125I, 192Ir, 103Pd, and 169Yb sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1729-1737

  Melhus, Christopher S ^a   Rivard, Mark J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Brachytherapy dosimetry calculations; MCNP5

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTRON RADIATION; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; HIGHER ENERGY PHOTONS; MCNP5; MEDICAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIATION TRANSPORT; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CESIUM 137; IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM 103; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; YTTERBIUM; YTTERBIUM 169;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 33744798255     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2199987     Document Type: Article

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