Monte Carlo dose voxel kernel calculations of beta-emitting and Auger-emitting radionuclides for internal dosimetry: A comparison between EGSnrcMP and EGS4

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3383-3389

  Strigari, Lidia ^a   Menghi, Enrico ^a   D'Andrea, Marco ^a   Benassi, Marcello ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose point kernel; Dosimetry; Radioimmunotherapy

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOISOTOPES;

ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; CARTESIAN GEOMETRY; MONOENERGETIC ELECTRONS; POINT KERNELS; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; THERAPEUTIC NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

INDIUM 111; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33748318109     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2266255     Document Type: Article

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