Technical note: Dosimetric study of a new Co-60 source used in brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3485-3488

  Granero, D ^a   Prez Calatayud J ^a   Ballester, F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Co 60; HDR; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; TECHNICAL NOTES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL RECTANGULAR;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34548349000     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2759602     Document Type: Article

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