On the use of high dose rate Ir192 and Yb169 sources with the MammoSite® radiation therapy system

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3614-3619

  Papagiannis, P ^a   Karaiskos, P ^a   Georgiou, E ^a   Baltas, D ^b,c   Lymperopoulou, G ^c   Pantelis, E ^c   Sakelliou, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast; Dosimetry; HDR; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; BALLOONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSIMETRY; HARDENING; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; BREAST TREATMENT; CLINICAL APPLICATION; DOSIMETRY PLANNING; RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM; YTTERBIUM 169;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEVICE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548316293     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2760306     Document Type: Article

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