Monte Carlo and experimental dosimetry of an I125 brachytherapy seed

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4675-4684

  Dolan, James ^a   Li, Zuofeng ^b   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

125I; Brachytherapy; Dosimetric parameters; Seed sources

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; SEED SOURCE; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; ^125I;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IODINE 125;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33845310036     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2388158     Document Type: Article

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