Evaluation of TG-43 recommended 2D-anisotropy function for elongated brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4271-4279

  Awan, Shahid B ^a   Meigooni, Ali S ^a   Mokhberiosgouei, Ramin ^a   Hussain, Manzoor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Elongated brachytherapy source; Extrapolation; Interpolation; TG 43U1

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTRAPOLATION; INTERPOLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY;

ALTERNATE APPROACHES; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; LINEAR INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUE; POLYNOMIAL FIT; RADIAL DISTANCE; TG-43U1; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

RADIOTHERAPY;

PALLADIUM 103;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750557451     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2357024     Document Type: Article

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