On the accuracy of techniques for obtaining the calibration coefficient NK of 192Ir HDR brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3340-3347

  Mainegra Hing, Ernesto ^a   Rogers, D W O ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Calibration procedures; HDR

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

AVERAGING TECHNIQUE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 33748294452     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2239198     Document Type: Article

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