Calibration of multiple LDR brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3804-3813

  DeWerd, Larry A ^a   Micka, John A ^a   Holmes, Shannon M ^a   Bohm, Tim D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy sources; Calibration; Multisource calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PROJECTILES; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; LDR BRACHYTHERAPY; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; MULTISOURCES; VERIFICATION METHOD;

NEEDLES;

IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM 103;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33749409780     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2348765     Document Type: Article

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