A dosimetric study on the Ir-192 high dose rate Flexisource

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4578-4582

  Granero, D ^a   Prez Calatayud J ^a,b   Casal, E ^c   Ballester, F ^c   Venselaar, J ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clinica Benidorm   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^d DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; HDR; Ir 192; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; TABLE LOOKUP;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; HIGH DOSE RATE; LOOK UP TABLE; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NETHERLANDS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL RECTANGULAR;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33845287284     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2388154     Document Type: Article

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