Computation of relative dose distribution and effective transmission around a shielded vaginal cylinder with 192Ir HDR source using MCNP4B

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1552-1561

  Sureka, Chandra Sekaran ^a   Aruna, Prakasarao ^a   Ganesan, Singaravelu ^a   Sunny, Chirayath Sunil ^b   Subbaiah, Kamatam Venkata ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GOLD; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SHIELDING; TISSUE; TRANSMISSIONS; TUNGSTEN;

CRITICAL ORGANS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFECTIVE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; SHIELDING ANGLES; SHIELDING MATERIALS; VAGINAL CYLINDERS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

IRIDIUM 192; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER MUCOSA; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM MUCOSA; THICKNESS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

EID: 33744830606     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2184437     Document Type: Article

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