Brachytherapy dosimetry parameters calculated for a 131Cs source

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 754-762

  Rivard, Mark J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

131Cs; Brachytherapy dosimetry; MCNP; Monte Carlo calculations; TG 43

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOSIMETRY; FUNCTIONS; LIBRARIES; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; MCNP; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; TG-43; ^131CS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CESIUM; CESIUM 131; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846592289     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2432162     Document Type: Article

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