Quality assurance of HDR 192Ir sources using a Fricke dosimeter

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1348-1353

  Austerlitz, C ^a   Mota, H ^a   Almeida, C E ^b   Allison, R ^a   Sibata, C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

192Ir; Audit; Dosimetry; Fricke; HDR; Quality control

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

AUDIT; FRICKE; FRICKE DOSIMETERS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; ^192IR;

QUALITY CONTROL;

IRIDIUM 192;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34147174813     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2714472     Document Type: Article

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