Postimplant Dosimetry Using a Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Engine: A New Clinical Standard

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1190-1198

  Carrier, Jean François ^a,b   D'Amours, Michel ^b   Verhaegen, Frank ^c   Reniers, Brigitte ^c   Martin, André Guy ^b   Vigneault, Éric ^b   Beaulieu, Luc ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iodine 125; Low dose rate brachytherapy; Monte Carlo; Permanent seed implants; Postimplant dosimetry; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME (CTV); LOW-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PERMANENT SEED IMPLANTS; POSTIMPLANT DOSIMETRY; PROSTATE CANCER;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); IODINE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ANALYSIS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STANDARDIZATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; URETHRA;

EID: 34447290009     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.02.036     Document Type: Article

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