Dose distribution for endovascular brachytherapy using Ir-192 sources: Comparison of Monte Carlo calculations with radiochromic film measurements

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 525-537

  Sureka, C S ^a   Sunny, C Sunil ^b   Subbaiah, K V ^b   Aruna, P ^a   Ganesan, S ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THIN FILMS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM MEASUREMENTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CHROMIUM 51; IRIDIUM 192; IRIDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FILM DOSIMETER; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; X RAY FILM;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 33947719199     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/2/015     Document Type: Article

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