Updated Solid Water™ to water conversion factors for 125I and 103Pd brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3988-3992

  Meigooni, Ali S ^a   Awan, Shahid B ^a   Thompson, Nathan S ^a   Dini, Sharifeh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

103Pd; 125I; Brachytherapy; Conversion factor; Dosimetry; Solid Water

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CONVERSION FACTOR; SOLID WATER; ^103PD; ^125I;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL ERROR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750570047     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2357018     Document Type: Article

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