Dosimetric characterization of a novel intracavitary mold applicator for 192Ir high dose rate endorectal brachytherapy treatment

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4515-4526

  Poon, Emily ^a   Reniers, Brigitte ^a   Devic, Slobodan ^a   Vuong, Té ^b   Verhaegen, Frank ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

192Ir; GAFCHROMIC EBT film; GEANT4; Intracavitary brachytherapy; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; DOSIMETRY; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; IODINE; MOLDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; SHIELDING; SILICONES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; ENDORECTAL BRACHYTHERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; GEANT4; LOADING CONFIGURATION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; ^192IR;

APPLICATORS;

IRIDIUM 192; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; BALLOON; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33845337095     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2364054     Document Type: Article

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